Rescue plane flies sick doctor to South Africa

A twin-engined propeller plane has carried a sick American doctor out of Antarctica.

Rescue plane flies sick doctor to South Africa

A twin-engined propeller plane has carried a sick American doctor out of Antarctica.

Dr Ronald S Shemenski was flown to safety in Chile from the South Pole research station where he was stricken with a gall bladder condition.

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