THE PREVIOUS RESCUES1 In 1999, a doctor at the South Pole discovered a cancerous lump in her right breast. Between February and October, only one type of aircraft can fly to, land at and take off again from the South Pole: the tiny Twin Otter. By Sarah KaplanAfter a harrowing, 10-hour journey through the dark and frigid Antarctic winter, a plane landed at the South Pole to evacuate at least one sick worker at the Amundsen-Scott research station. After hours of flying in darkness, Loutitt and his crew finally glimpsed a glimmer of light below them: Barrels of fuel were burning along the makeshift runway the South Pole station workers had prepared. The rescue effort was launched early last week after consultation with outside medical experts and agency officials.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 22, 2016 00:33 UTC