An icebreaker is on its way from Australia to an Antarctic research station to rescue an expedition member suffering from a medical condition, the government said on Saturday.
The person is at Australia’s Casey research station, which is on an ice cap 3,420 kilometres south of the Australian Antarctic Division headquarters in Hobart, Tasmania state.
The division has not identified the person or specified the medical condition.
“The expeditioner requires specialist medical assessment and care in Australia for a developing medical condition,” the division said in a statement.
Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina left Hobart last week on the rescue mission, which is taking place at the start of
