Overheated planet update: Antarctica not quite cold enough to freeze the fuel in medical rescue plane

Daring flight evacuates ill McMurdo worker from Antarctica - Science Fair

Weather on the ground was severe, it was 42 degrees below zero at McMurdo on Friday, and there were also minor local earthquakes, says Chief Master Sgt. Connie Hoffman. Thankfully temperatures weren't quite low enough to freeze the fuel in the plane, which can happen further inland in Antarctica, says Herndon.
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The weather was brutal, Herndon says. He spoke with the medical staff who told him " you couldn't imagine it, despite all the protective equipment they'd never felt anything like it."