Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Rescuers dug through 4 feet of snow to reach stranded skiers


ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Helicopters charged with rescuing two skiers trapped on an Alaska glacier for days waited out whiteout conditions, described by one pilot as trying to fly inside a pingpong ball. The winds and blowing snow subsided enough Tuesday — the fourth day of the rescue mission — when an Alaska Air National […]

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http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/rescuers-dug-through-4-feet-of-snow-to-reach-stranded-skiers/?utm_source=RSS&utm_medium=Referral&%23038;utm_campaign=RSS_seattle-news

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