An Air National Guard crew successfully landed and evacuated Dr. Jerri Nielsen

After flying halfway around the world, and waiting at McMurdo Station three days for the temperature at the South Pole to lift to -53C (-63F), an Air National Guard crew successfully landed and evacuated Dr. Jerri Nielsen. She wintered-over at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, and had been treating...

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