American in ‘Serious’ Condition After Scary Antarctic Rescue

Abdullah Soylemez Anadolu/GETTY An American was transported from Antarctica to New Zealand in a dramatic rescue after suffering from a medical emergency. The U.S. National Science Foundation reported that the Australian Airbus A319 Long Range aircraft, with the call sign Snowbird 1, received an “urgent request for assistance” on July 31, flying a passenger in “serious condition” from the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica to New Zealand as temperatures dropped as low as negative 45 degrees…