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The following two books discuss the basis of reasoning why they believe that Atlantis is located in Antarctica.

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Yes, 'supersaint' Serena is cool.

Or maybe their diggin up Elvis, everyone knows he's not at Graceland.

Actual terminology used by people who work in Anarctica. No kidding! Complete dictionary of terms at:

amanda.physics.wisc.edu/steffen/antarctica/dictionary.en.html

alien mating call n. AASTO, an instrument which measures cloud altitudes by use of a variable frequency sonar. The sonar emits audible chirping sounds and is often suspected of attracting aliens. See also: "them"

"them" . 1. n. Used in reference to some unknown or ficticious person (associated with the FBI, CIA, NSA, etc.) who has been messing around the South Pole station without anyone being aware. 2. n. Anyone not living at the South Pole. 3. n. Aliens who live at the South Pole.

Plane fetches 11 Americans from Antarctic base

While a flight crew and a doctor were waiting for the weather to allow them to fly to the South Pole on Monday, a Royal New Zealand Air Forece C-130 flew the 2,500 miles from Christchurch to the U.S. McMurdo Station to bring out four ill Americans in a separate rescue operation..

The New Zealand C130 landed on an ice runway at McMurdo on the opposite side of the continent from Rothera, where the crew and doctor were waiting to fly to the Pole, picked up the four ill Americans plus seven others and returned safely to Christchurch early Tuesday.Early Tuesday.

The round trip too 15 hours, including an hour on the ground at McMurdo. The plane carried two flight crews plus medical personnel.

Two of the evacuees were suffering from "critical conditions," Antarctica New Zealand, a government research institution, said in a statement. They were transferred to a hospital in Christchurch, where their conditions were stable, the statement said. It gave no further details.

Officials involved in the McMurdo rescue said the mission got a lucky break, leaving an hour earlier than scheduled and avoiding deteriorating weather in Antarctica.

"It was very fortunate ... that we got in there on time, and out," mission commander John Cummings said.

The plane's engines were kept running throughout the stopover to prevent them freezing in the air, which was 22 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.

"The weather was a little bit iffy ... but we managed a quick change down on the ice," pilot Nathan McDonald. "It was a very successful day."

All 11 evacuated staffers are employees of Raytheon Polar Services, which provides support services to U.S. Antarctic bases.

John Sherve, New Zealand manager for U.S.-based Raytheon, described the mass evacuation as "unprecedented." He said the seven evacuees who weren't ill had "family emergencies."

There are 211 Americans left at the base following the evacuation, where they will winter until the next flights, scheduled in late August as Antarctica's spring begins. The evacuation flight carried fresh fruit and vegetables and personal mail to the ice-and-snow-bound base staff.

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