Three people were airlifted from Antarctica in a high-risk rescue mission this week, after medical emergencies at a remote U.S. research base required urgent evacuation through some of the harshest ...

Flying through brutal weather in the permanent night of an Antarctic winter, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) successfully rescued three personnel from America's McMurdo Station in the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Col. Christopher Lantagne, Director of Staff for the Oregon Air National Guard, recently concluded a six-week tour as commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group at McMurdo ...

For seven months of the year, the vast, ice-heavy continent of Antarctica is cut off from the rest of the world. Huddled in their outposts scattered along the continental shelf, scientists and ...

The Royal New Zealand Air Force said it dispatched a crew, including a doctor, to evacuate three people in need of medical care from the the United States' McMurdo Station in Antarctica on Tuesday, ...

New Zealand air force pilots accomplished one of their most perilous missions this week, executing a dramatic evacuation from Antarctica’s frozen wilderness that pushed human endurance and aircraft ...

An Australian medical team is attempting the risky trip to McMurdo Station. Aug. 8, 2012 — -- An Australian medical team is attempting to make its way to Antarctica to help rescue an expedition ...

Three researchers at the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been evacuated in a "challenging," nearly 20-hour medical emergency rescue mission this week conducted by the Royal New Zealand Air ...

Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual freeze and melt of millions of square kilometers of sea ice around the ...

This game was created with a collaboration between MCM graduate students and the outreach team. Playing games is a staple of social life at McMurdo Station and in the field camps, and a game that ...