Personnel
at the National Science Foundation's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
braved intense cold and used everything from muscle power to front-end
loaders to successfully recover six bundles of medical supplies and
other equipment that U.S. Air Force delivered on July 11 to treat a
woman who is spending the winter at the station. The 47-year-old woman,
who has asked not to be identified, recently discovered a lump in one
of her breasts.
The station personnel, who are employed by Antarctic Support Associates
of Englewood, Colo., lit fires in the almost total darkness to provide
a target for the C-141 cargo aircraft to air drop the bundles, which
also contained mail and fresh vegetables.
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Related News:
- Statement by NSF Director Rita R. Colwell
On South Pole Medical Situation - Arrival of Nielsen at McMurdo,
October 15, 1999
- Statement by NSF Director Rita R. Colwell
On South Pole Medical Situation - Arrival of LC-130 in Antarctica,
October 13, 1999
- Update on South Pole Situation, October
9, 1999
- Photograph of South Pole Physician, October
7, 1999
- Statement by Dr. Karl A. Erb, Director of
the Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, On
Status of South Pole Medical Situation, October 5,1999
- Statement on Behalf of Patient at South
Pole, 7/13/99
- Briefing by Dr. Rita Colwell, Director,
National Science Foundation, On South Pole Medical Emergency,
July 13, 1999
- Statement by Dr. Karl A. Erb, Director, Office
of Polar Programs, Update On South Pole Medical Air Drop, July
13, 1999
- NSF Statement On completion of South Pole
Medical Air Drop, July 11, 1999
- Statement by Dr. Karl A. Erb, Director, Office
of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, On Medical Status
of South Pole Personnel, July 6, 1999
- Statement by Dr. Karl A. Erb, Director, Office of
Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, On Medical Status of
South Pole Personnel, June 17, 1999
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