2020.12.25 16:26 GMT+8

China and U.S. help evacuate sick Australian from Antarctica

Updated 2020.12.25 16:26 GMT+8
CGTN

China and Australia have collaborated on a rescue mission for an Australian expeditioner with help from the U.S. 

Chinese helicopters from the nearby icebreaker Xuelong 2 were dispatched to transport the ill Australian from the Davis research station. A U.S. plane flew to pick up the patient and return to Australia's Wilkins Aerodrome. The operation took five days and covered thousands of kilometres of the icy continent.

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