Rescuers Reach Ill Worker at South Pole
From Times Wire Reports
Raytheon Polar Services, the Colorado company that manages the polar station on Antarctica, said that a rescue flight reached the South Pole to pick up an ailing worker at a research station.
Snow and wind delayed the rescue attempt for five days.
If weather permits, the rescuers will fly to the British Rothera Air Station on Antarctica, 1,346 miles from the pole, and then to Chile for the return flight to the United States.
The ill employee, whose name is being withheld at his request, may need surgery.
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