In 2001 Canadian aviators were called upon to pull off a dramatic rescue at the South Pole. A risky mission undertaken by a crew and plane from Calgary’s Kenn Borek Air. News that a similar plane frm the same company crashed with all three crew lost reminds one of the tough conditions in Antarctica - the harshest place on earth - where these "bush" pilots excel. To give an appreciation of the hard work and skill exhibited by these frontier aviators we've decided to share our earlier documentary profiling the rescue mission undertaken a decade ago by another Kenn Borek crew.
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The search for three Canadian crew members missing in frigid Antartica after their plane disappeared over a mountain range is on hold until there's a break in the weather, search officials said.
