Two planes are on their way to Antarctica to evacuate the worker. — -- When you get sick at the South Pole, you can't just ring up your local doctor and swing by his office for a check-up ...

Dangerous rescue mission for sick man at South Pole 03:12. WASHINGTON-- A daring rescue is being attempted at the bottom of the world.. After flying through dangerous dark and cold, a rescue plane ...

A Twin Otter aircraft on a medical evacuation flight taxis on the skyway at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, June 22, 2016. The small plane with two sick workers has arrived at a British ...

The Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in 2006. John Brecher / NBC News file The company tapped to execute the evacuation, Kenn Borek Air, Ltd., has completed two similar missions.

A Twin Otter aircraft flies out of the South Pole on a previous medical flight in 2003. Jason Medley / National Science Foundation - AP June 21, 2016, 7:09 PM EDT / Updated June 21, 2016, 7:09 PM EDT ...

There are 48 people wintering at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, according to the NSF. It is one of three year-round facilities the agency operates on the continent.

ANTARCTICA (CBSLA.com) — Buzz Aldrin has been evacuated from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station for medical evaluation, the National Science Foundation said Thursday. According to the NSF, a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A daring South Pole medical rescue is underway. An airplane left a British base in Antarctica on Tuesday for the 1,500-mile trip to evacuate a sick worker from a remote U.S. science ...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Two people who fell ill while working at the U.S. research station at the South Pole have been evacuated by a small plane that made the daring rescue flight in Antarctica ...

The National Science Foundation announced today that it has launched a medical evacuation mission for one of the 48 members currently living and working at its facility at the South Pole.

Medevac Launched for South Pole Research Station Worker. By BECKY PERLOW. Sunday, June 19, 2016 ...