The Amundsen-Scott South Pole research station is now plunged in the dark polar winter. But for 39 staff "over-wintering" at the station, life is far from boring.

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Two planes are on their way to Antarctica to evacuate the worker. — -- When you get sick at the South Pole, you can't just ring up your local doctor and swing by his office for a check-up ...

Dangerous rescue mission for sick man at South Pole 03:12. Rescuers are trying to reach a sick contractor at the American Research Station at the South Pole.

Two small bush planes are flying to the South Pole this week to evacuate workers at the Amundsen-Scott research station - a feat rarely attempted during the middle of the Antarctic winter.

BALTIMORE - The engineer evacuated from a South Pole research station is recovering well from her stroke, her doctor said Friday. Renee-Nicole Douceur, who traveled to Johns Hopkins Hospital this ...

There are 48 people wintering at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, according to the NSF. It is one of three year-round facilities the agency operates on the continent.

TikToker Joe, who has been working at a South Pole research station, showed the end of the region's six-month night in a video.

Two small bush planes are flying to the South Pole this week to evacuate workers at the Amundsen-Scott research station - a feat rarely attempted during the middle of the Antarctic winter.

SANTIAGO, Chile >> A small plane with two sick U.S. workers arrived safely in Chile late today after leaving Antarctica in a daring rescue mission from a remote South Pole research station ...

Medical Evacuation Launched for South Pole Research Station Worker by: Alex Ceneviva. Posted: Jun 20, 2016 / 10:56 AM EDT. Updated: Jun 20, 2016 / 10:56 AM EDT. by: Alex Ceneviva.