Medical Emergency Prompts Evacuation of U.S. Antarctic Base in Daring Midwinter Rescue Operation

The Debrief ^ | August 07, 2025 | Micah Hanks

[Red Badger]

AVIATION PING!.................

[Jim W N]

Good job guys.

More winning...

[Sacajaweau]

Happened a few years back...someone got appendicitis....IIRC

[Tell It Right]

Good thing they didn’t have to land at the north pole this time of year, with the ice all melted away during the summer. (typed in my best Algore voice)

[Larry Lucido]

Good job, kiwis.

[packrat35]

I think this is only the 3rd time they have attempted something like this in all the history of the base.

This is the dead of winter there now and it is brutal.

[Larry Lucido]

Jerri Nielsen - Wikipedia https://share.google/gI3H08VPTF4zIwHpL

[RedElement]

My question is if the person in question had a known medical condition, that under normal conditions, would have never have permitted them to be there. Thinking of the Biden “equity” days, when everyone deserves to do whatever they want, no matter how ridiculous. Probably less likely now.

[pfflier]

Ambiguous headline and story. Did they evacuate three members or everyone?

[Red Badger]

Just three I think..............

[Billthedrill]

You might be thinking about Leonid Rogozov, a Russian Doc who did a self-appendectomy in 1961. Um...owzers...

[Waverunner]

Kudos to Kiwi’s. Also to the boys at Marietta Ga. for building a hell of a plane.

[George from New England]

Probably a trans procedure complication

[GingisK]

Just think: Antarctica is really friendly compared to Mars or the Moon.

[desertsolitaire]

Is this the base in the news recently where one member is violently crazy and had hurt people and they wanted him GONE asap?

[pfflier]

That would make sense but the poor reporting left me guessing.

[Sacajaweau]

No it was the woman but he might have been mentioned in articles about her.

[HighSierra5]

I thought there were palm trees and alligators down there because of globull warming.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

It was prompted by a discovery of some odd remains at the Norwegian Research Base. They brought some remains back for study. And....well...y’all know the rest. (wink)