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Two technicians die at U.S. research station in Antarctica

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FILE PHOTO: General view of McMurdo Station operated by the United States on Antarctica. Picture taken January 1 2000./File Photo

(This Dec. 12 story has been refiled to correct temperature conversion in last paragraph.)

(Reuters) - Two technicians performing maintenance at a U.S. research station in Antarctica died on Wednesday while working on a building that houses a generator for a nearby radio transmitter, the National Science Foundation (NSF) said.

The pair, both employed as subcontractors at the NSF-managed McMurdo Station in Antarctica, were found unconscious on the floor of the building after a helicopter pilot flying over the area saw what appeared to be smoke coming from the structure and landed to investigate.