TROUBLE AT THE SOUTH POLE - Anyone know more?
Chris Weddle
We have received this information via email and have nothing further on it.
Does anyone out there know more?
We don't know who the person is and wouldn't infringe on her privacy if we
did. So please don't share any information you aren't supposed to. News
clippings and the like would be most appreciated.
Just hoping it all turns out well and she gets home OK.
Chris Weddle
RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer
Near Anvers Island, Antarctica
*** South Pole researcher to get aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - An Air Force jet flying into an area of absolute
darkness and extreme cold will parachute emergency medical supplies
to an American research station at the South Pole next week,
officials said Tuesday. The supplies are for the treatment of a
47-year-old woman who is part of a small group staying through the
winter at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station operated by the
National Science Foundation. The woman is a U.S. citizen employed by
Antarctic Support Associates, an Englewood, Colo., firm that provides
logistical support for NSF researchers at the South Pole Station. A
statement from the NSF said that nobody has ever been rescued from
the South Pole during the winter and that the last airdrop was four
years ago. See
http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2560203642-8a6