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Snowy Hydro SouthCare was a rescue and aeromedical helicopter service based in Canberra, Australia from 1998 to 2017. The area served covered the Australian Capital Territory , as well as parts of New South Wales including the South Coast , Southern Tablelands , Central West and Riverina regions as far south as the border with Victoria .
Local rescuers needed a helicopter to help them save two avalanche survivors. They turned to an RI Guard air crew serving with Kosovo Force. Rescue in Albania: How an RI Guard air crew plucked ...
The Sonny Bono Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge is located in the Imperial Valley of California, 40 miles (64 km) north of the Mexican border. Situated at the southern end of the Salton Sea, the refuge protects one of the most important nesting sites and stopovers along the Pacific Flyway. Despite its location in the Colorado Desert, a ...
Crews with Kentucky State Police and Powell County Search & Rescue save college students stranded on Courthouse Rock in dangerous weather conditions.
The Little River Gorge, located at 37°5′3″S 148°18′43″E, is the deepest gorge in the state of Victoria; [3] and is located in the Snowy River National Park in East Gippsland. [3][4] A cliff-top lookout with views over the gorge is accessed by a walking track that is 400 metres (1,300 ft) long. [3] A second lookout has views toward the ...
Last year’s snow deluge in California, which quickly erased a two decade long megadrought, was essentially a once-in-a-lifetime rescue from above, a new study found. Don’t get used to it ...
Annapurna (mountain range) Annapurna (/ ˌænəˈpʊərnəˌ - ˈpɜːr -/; [1][2] Nepali: अन्नपूर्ण) is a massif in the Himalayas in north-central Nepal that includes one peak over 8,000 metres (26,247 ft), thirteen peaks over 7,000 metres (22,966 ft), and sixteen more over 6,000 metres (19,685 ft). [3] The massif is 55 ...
Rescuers were battling heavy snow Wednesday to reach a Marine Corps helicopter carrying five troops that went down in the mountains outside San Diego. The CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter — the ...