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Daring rescue flight evacuates sick workers from South Pole
Two ill workers at Amundsen Scott Station were evacuated by a British and Canadian aircraft chain to Punta Arenas Chile after a 3000 mile round trip from Rothera. The National Science Foundation confirmed the injuries: a gastric problem and a heart attack.
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Santiago
Chile
U.S
South Pole
Antarctica
National Science Foundation
Punta Arenas
Amundsen- Scott
Amundsen-Scott
Lockheed Martin
Magallanes Clinic
Mauricio Seron
Associated Press
Britain
Rothera Station
Rothera
Peter West
West
U.S. Polar
Steve Barnet
University of Wisconsin
Polar Station
Barnet
Tim Stockings
British Antarctic Survey
U.S. South Pole
Rothera Research Station