Smithsonian honors aircrews that flew 2016 medical-evacuation flight to NSF's South Pole station

The Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum will award the 2017 Trophy for Current Achievement to aircrews that flew a mission last summer to evacuate patients from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica.
The mission was unprecedented, taking place at a time of year when the sun had set for the six-month winter. The combination of darkness and extreme cold made flying more hazardous than previous Antarctic rescues.
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Source: NSF News - March 28, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news