LC-130 Freed From Crevasse

The U.S. National Science Foundation's LC-130 that was lodged in a snow-covered crevasse (right) at a remote site in Antarctica has been pulled out, repaired and flown to the main U.S. base, McMurdo Station. The job wasn't simple. Bad weather hampered recovery efforts for weeks after the Nov. 16...

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