Posted on 06/19/2016 3:08:40 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
Two planes are en route to conduct a medical rescue operation for one of the 48 workers at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
Both planes will fly into Rothera Research Station, on Adelaide Island, but only one will continue for 1,500 more miles to the Amundsen-Scott station to evacuate the worker, a man employed by contractor Lockheed Martin. A second person may also be evacuated, according to Kelly Falkner, the director of polar programs for the National Science Foundation.
If the primary rescue plane crashes, the second aircraft will assist in search-and-rescue efforts.
(Excerpt) Read more at pbs.org ...
Thank God!
Safe journey, gentlemen!
I wonder what ever happened to the researcher who had breast cancer?
She got well then died about 7 years later
Prayers answered. 48 minutes ago, information that aircraft and passengers with sick person arrived safely in Chile.
Prayers answered. 48 minutes ago, information that aircraft and passengers with sick person arrived safely in Chile.
Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ!
That’s great news. Thanks for the update.
Very interesting read on the station on Wiki...
Just a tidbit...
The station is completely self-sufficient during the winter, and powered by three generators running on JP-8 jet fuel. An annual tradition is a back to back viewing of The Thing from Another World (1951), The Thing (1982), and The Thing (2011) after the last flight has left for the winter.
Peace hath her victories, no less renowned than war.
Robert Southey. English poet and author.
Thanks for the photographs.
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