Australian pilots complete first July Antarctic rescue
Australian pilots Louise Robertson and her husband Rod successfully completed the first-ever July rescue mission in Antarctica, flying in total darkness and temperatures of minus 43 degrees Celsius to McMurdo base. The Melbourne-based husband and wife crew operated at near the aircraft's limit of minus 45 degrees to evacuate an American patient. The rescued individual was safely transferred to Christchurch for recovery.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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