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The 86-year-old adventurer who was visiting the pole as part
of a tourist group, was flown to Christchurch, New Zealand,
early on Friday because of congestion in his lungs.
His team posted details of his medical evacuation from
Antarctica over the weekend, along with pictures of him in good
spirits, on his official website as well as on Twitter.
"I am being very well looked after in Christchurch. I'm looking
forward to getting home soon to spend Christmas with my family
and to continue my quest for Cycling Pathways and a permanent
settlement on Mars," he said on his website.
In one of the photos on Twitter, Aldrin can be seen reading a
newspaper in his hospital bed as he tweeted: "Catching up on the
world while I'm stuck in quarantine."
His manager, Christina Korp, who travelled with him to
Antarctica, posted photos on Sunday of him taking a walk with a
nurse inside the hospital.
Aldrin was a fighter pilot during the Korean War before joining
the U.S. astronaut program. On July 20, 1969, he stepped on the
moon about 20 minutes after Neil Armstrong took the historic
first step.
Their moonwalk, part of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, was watched
by a then-record television audience of 600 million people.
(Reporting by Swati Pandey; Editing by Peter Cooney)
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