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A small plane landed at the South Pole Tuesday afternoon to extract at least one sick worker from a U.S. scientific research station.A Canadian Twin Otter plane made the 1,500-mile, nine-hour trip from a British base on the Antarctic peninsula. The National Science Foundation (NSF), which runs the Amundsen-Scott polar station, said the flight crew will rest for 10 hours, then depart for the British station before traveling on to a hospital ouitside Antarctica.The unidentified individual's illness or condition has not been disclosed, but the NSF said the worker is an employee of Lockheed Martin, which provides logistical support. Spokesman Peter West added that two station workers are ill and officials were still trying to decide whether to evacuate both or just the sickest one.
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