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Montevideo, April 24th 2024 - 15:02 UTC

Tag: Polish station Henryk Arcotowski

  • Thursday, September 26th 2019 - 21:24 UTC

    Chilean helicopter rescues Polish scientists stranded in a Zodiac

    Once the Zodiac was located the scientists were rescued by the Chilean helicopter

    What was to be a simple shift of scientists from the Polish station Henryk Arcotowski in the Antarctica Peninsula turned out into a dramatic rescue operation, involving the Chilean Air Force, after the three were stranded in a Zodiac for over three hours five miles offshore surrounded by ice and freezing winds.