Two support workers at the main United States research base in Antarctica died Wednesday in an accident at a generator building, the National Science Foundation said. The victims were fire technicians employed by PAE, a contractor based in Arlington, Va., that provides logistical and technical support in Antarctica and elsewhere. The foundation, a federal agency that runs the United States program in Antarctica, did not make public information about the victims but said their next of kin had been notified. The foundation said the workers had been doing routine maintenance on a fire-suppression system at the small structure near McMurdo Station on Ross Island in the Ross Sea. One was dead at the scene; the other was flown to McMurdo’s medical clinic and was pronounced dead a short time later.

Source: New York Times December 13, 2018 14:26 UTC