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South Pole Evacuation

NPR

Published April 13, 2001 at 9:00 PM PDT

The National Science Foundation has decided to attempt an unprecedented evacuation. The resident physician at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station has been suffering from gallstones. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.