Sick Workers Rescued

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  Pilots Recount Daring South Pole Rescue Mission: 'A Tiny Little Dot In That Mass Of Black'

  It was one of the most dangerous missions of their careers - a midwinter flight to the bottom of the Earth to rescue two sick workers from the South Pole research station. An entire continent sprawled below them, empty and unknowable in the midst of the six-month Antarctic night. The only light came from the pale moon and the faint flicker of instr...

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  South Pole Rescue Flight Of 2 Sick US Workers Arrives In Chile

  A small plane with two sick US workers arrived safely in Chile late Wednesday after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station, officials said.

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  Rescuers Succeed In Evacuating Sick Workers At The South Pole

  For the third time ever, rescue workers have successfully evacuated someone from the South Pole during the brutal Antarctic winter, the National Science Foundation said Wednesday afternoon.

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  Plane Lands At South Pole In Rare, Risky Effort To Rescue Sick Worker

  This is only the third time rescuers have attempted to evacuate someone from the bottom of the world during the dark Antarctic winter.

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  A Rare, Risky Mission Is Underway To Rescue Sick Scientists From The South Pole

  Two small bush planes are flying to the South Pole this week to evacuate workers at the Amundsen-Scott research station - a feat rarely attempted during the middle of the Antarctic winter.