An American was rescued from the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica during a rare midwinter operation on July 31, due to a serious medical condition, and transported to a hospital in New Zealand.

An Australian team has pulled off a rare and daring midwinter aero-medical evacuation of a United States expeditioner in Antarctica.

An Australian air crew has flown an American from an Antarctic base to a New Zealand hospital in a rare midwinter rescue.