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Risky attempt to rescue sick worker at South Pole underway

A risky emergency medical flight from the South Pole is underway. The plane took off early Wednesday from the Amundsen-Scott Station, an American research facility, and headed to a British outpost on the edge of Antarctica. Dana Jacobson reports with details of the daring evacuation.
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