Wood stove vs. Pellet Stove

[Jafo]

I have a pellet stove in my home and a wood stove in my yurt. I can't imagine a pellet stove would work as good as a wood stove namely because pellet stoves are generally a forced air

heating

system. Yurts breath quite a bit. That hot air leaks out constantly. A radiant heat source will work better and most of the

insulation

you find for yurts these days (reflective) take advantage of radiant heat.

Now I have heard of people using them successfully, but there were in much warmer climes. Keep in mind also that most pellet stoves require electricity to run. It powers the two fans (combustion and forced air) and also there is a heating element that ignites the pellets on most of these stoves these days. The element uses a lot of wattage (think toaster or hair dryer).

Is there wood in Antarctica? It sounds to me like a natural gas or propane radiant heat source would be the best or am I wrong? What are the funds like for this yurt? Would you be able to afford a radiant floor heat source instead?