The Latest: Sick US workers reach Chile in Antarctica rescue
Source: Associated Press
The Latest: Sick US workers reach Chile in Antarctica rescue
Jun 22, 10:31 PM EDT
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) -- The Latest on the rescue of two ailing workers from the U.S. research station at the South Pole (all times EDT):
10:20 p.m. EDT
A small plane with two sick U.S. workers has arrived safely in Chile after leaving Antarctica in a rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station, according to a statement from the National Science Foundation.
The workers arrived late Wednesday in the southern Chilean city of Punta Arenas. They made a stop earlier at a British station on the edge of Antarctica. The statement said that from Punta Arenas, the two patients will be transported to a medical facility for treatment.
The rescue team flew 3,000 miles roundtrip from the British station Rothera to pick up the workers at the U.S. Amundsen-Scott station at the South Pole. The National Science Foundation said they arrived back at Rothera Wednesday afternoon. They then boarded a second Canadian-owned Twin Otter plane for Punta Arenas.
The NSF, which runs the station, has not identified the sick workers or their conditions, citing medical privacy.
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Interesting images of the U.S. Amundsen-Scott South Pole station:
https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&site=imghp&tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1299&bih=596&q=+U.S.+Amundsen-Scott+station&oq=+U.S.+Amundsen-Scott+station&gs_l=img.12...1314.1314.0.2590.1.1.0.0.0.0.97.97.1.1.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..0.0.0.IPI5OpwY9eA
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... in that kind of "cold" air scared me to death. 3000 miles. 
Those pilots have nerves of steel. 
