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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 ...
New Zealand Air Force Rescues Three From U.S. Antarctic Base In Daring Mission
Three persons, including one requiring urgent medical care, were evacuated from McMurdo Station in Antarctica in a high-risk ...
New Zealand evacuates three from US Antarctic base in high risk winter rescue
New Zealand’s air force said on Wednesday it had evacuated three people from a United States research base in Antarctica, in ...
New Zealand Air Force Mounts Dangerous Rescue in Antarctica
Three staff members from the National Science Foundation were evacuated from a U.S. research base after a medical emergency.
New Zealand Air Force rescues US researchers from Antarctica amid extreme cold, darkness
The Royal New Zealand Air Force successfully evacuated three U.S. researchers from Antarctica in a rare and risky midwinter ...
See how pilots made daring rescue flight in frozen darkness for Antarctica evacuation
New Zealand air force pilots flew 20 hours in dark, dangerous weather to rescue American researchers from McMurdo research ...
3 people from U.S. base in Antarctica evacuated in high-risk rescue operation: "Nothing short of heroic"
New Zealand's air force carried out the perilous operation in freezing temperatures and total darkness. U.S. officials called ...
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New Zealand air force carries out risky midwinter medevac from Antarctica
A New Zealand air force C-130J Super Hercules crew completed a high-risk midwinter medical evacuation from McMurdo Station in ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 temperatures and total darkness on ice runway.