2 Sick Workers from South Pole Rescued by Canadian Plane

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2 sick workers from south pole rescued by canadian planeAuthorities have confirmed that the Canadian-owned Twin Otter turboprop plane that left the South Pole on Wednesday in an international effort to rescue two sick workers from a remote U.S. science outpost has completed the approximately 2,400-kilometre leg to Rothera, i.e. a British station on the Antarctic Peninsula. The announcement was made by Peter West, the spokesman for the foundation that runs the polar station for the United States, National Science Foundation.

The Twin Otter, owned by Calgary-based Kenn Borek Air, made an almost 10-hour flight from Rothera on Tuesday to get to the South Pole. According to West, while the plane was still in the air earlier on Wednesday that the flight was perilous. He explained that “it’s cold. It’s very dark. It’s Antarctica, so they’re crossing a huge and empty territory. Antarctica itself is the size of the U.S. and Mexico combined, so there are many factors that they’re dealing with.”

West confirmed that the two support crew members being airlifted out are employed by logistics contractor Lockheed Martin. However, the foundation refrained from identifying the sick workers or their conditions due to medical privacy. Quote noticeably, planes don’t usually use the polar outpost from February to October because of the dangers of flying in the pitch dark and cold. It was -60 C on Wednesday at the South Pole, according to the station’s webcam and weather gauges.

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