After a harrowing, 10-hour journey through the dark and frigid Antarctic winter, a plane landed Tuesday evening at the South Pole to evacuate at least one sick worker at the Amundsen-Scott research… ...

A medical rescue plane took off from Amundsen-Scott research station at the South Pole Wednesday morning, en route to complete only the third evacuation during the dark Antarctic winter in the ...

At that temperature, plane equipment can malfunction and fuel and hydraulic fluid can turn to jelly. The sun will not appear on the horizon at the South Pole until September.

After a harrowing, 10-hour journey through the dark and frigid Antarctic winter, a plane landed Tuesday evening at the South Pole to evacuate at least one sick worker at the Amundsen-Scott ...

After a 10-hour journey through the dark and frigid Antarctic winter, a Canadian plane landed Tuesday at the South Pole to evacuate at least one sick worker.