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'Complex and high-risk' | 3 people at Antarctic research base airlifted to New Zealand
A flight to Antarctica is among the hardest in the world because of the freezing conditions and because a runway must be ...
How rescuers braved extreme cold, 'challenging' conditions in marathon 20-hour Antarctic evacuation
Three researchers at the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been evacuated in a "challenging," nearly 20-hour medical ...
Antarctica evacuation: US researchers flown in high-risk winter night operation
Three staff members from the U.S. National Science Foundation were medically evacuated during extreme cold and dark ...
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NZ Air Force uses C-130J Hercules to conduct ‘challenging’ Antarctica evacuation
The New Zealand Air Force has carried out a high-risk rescue using a C-130J Hercules to evacuate researchers needing medical ...
Three Americans evacuated from Antarctica after medical emergency at research station
The New Zealand air force completed a high-risk medical evacuation of three Americans from Antarctica in freezing ...