Personnel evacuated from Antarctica in ‘risky’ rescue mission

It’s dark, it’s icy and there’s no margin for error. That’s what a crew from New Zealand’s air force was up against when it evacuated three people from a US research base in Antarctica overnight. The World’s Hosts Carolyn Beeler and Marco Werman have more.

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