A Canadian-owned Twin Otter turboprop plane landed in Punta Arenas, Chile Wednesday evening, completing its South Pole rescue mission.

A Canadian plane has landed at the South Pole in an attempt to carry out a medical evacuation from an Antarctic research station.

Two planes from Calgary-based Kenn Borek Air are waiting in Chile for the weather to improve before they can continue on a dangerous mission to rescue a worker in medical distress from a remote research station in Antarctica.