It was later revealed , according to a March 2009 article in the Detroit Free Press , that Nielsen -- an emergency room doctor from Cleveland , Ohio -- had performed a biopsy on herself with the help of non-medical crew , who practiced using needles on a raw chicken . A patient from Antarctic research station is being treated at a New York hospital . The patient has not been publicly identified , nor has a condition been released . A flight plan landed on an ice runway at Byrd Station . The station is the hub of the US Antarctic Program .
A patient from Antarctic research station is being treated at a New York hospital . The patient has not been publicly identified , nor has a condition been released . A flight plan landed on an ice runway at Byrd Station . The station is the hub of the US Antarctic Program .