Hidden on the frozen edge of Ross Island, McMurdo Station is the largest and most important outpost in Antarctica. Home to up ...

At the dorm at McMurdo Station, the ANDRILL crew can shoot pool or watch a movie. There's a "gerbil gym," said Dr. Scott Ishman, a coffee shop and a bar. The station has a post office, hair salon and ...

On Oct. 12, 1957, history was made when the first-ever commercial flight to Antarctica departed from San Francisco, carrying 37 passengers to the U.S. Naval facility at McMurdo Sound station. Thirty ...

The rescue crew landed in an ice-covered area with no runway. Three researchers at the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been evacuated in a "challenging," nearly 20-hour medical emergency ...

A medical team has rescued an expedition member after medical emergency. Aug. 9, 2012— -- A medical team has arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand, after departing the U.S. McMurdo Station in ...

The Royal New Zealand Air Force said it dispatched a crew, including a doctor, to evacuate three people in need of medical care from the the United States' McMurdo Station in Antarctica on Tuesday, ...

Flying through brutal weather in the permanent night of an Antarctic winter, the Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) successfully rescued three personnel from America's McMurdo Station in the ...

Three researchers at the U.S. McMurdo Station in Antarctica have been evacuated in a "challenging," nearly 20-hour medical emergency rescue mission this week conducted by the Royal New Zealand Air ...