last week given the condition of the first patient, which was not disclosed for pr vacy reasons. "It was really an emergency," Mr West said. It later became apparent that the second worker also needed to be evacuated. The sick employees of the US company Lockheed Martin who worked on base logistics and were not identified were then to be transferred to a hospital in South America, Mr West said, without giving further details. The Amundsen-Scott base was home to 48 people who work on-site throughout the austral winter, which spans February through October. AFP