CALGARY — Two Twin Otter planes from Calgary-based Kenn Borek Air are on their way to the South Pole to carry out a medical evacuation. The company made improvements to its navigation charts for the Antarctic after three Canadians were killed when a Kenn Borek plane crashed into an Antarctic mountainside in January 2013. The planes left Calgary on Tuesday morning and aren’t expected to arrive at their destination until Sunday. “Their equipment, their aircraft, are better suited for the cooler weather than some other options,” says West. One will stay at the British station Rothera for search and rescue purposes, while the other will travel on to the Amundsen-Scott Research station at the South Pole.

Source: National Post June 15, 2016 14:37 UTC