We start with a review of known linear continuous extension operators for the spaces of Whitney functions. The most general approach belongs to PawÃlucki and Ple´sniak. Their operator is continuous provided that the compact set, where the functions are defined, has Markov property. In this work, we examine some model compact sets having no Markov property, but where a linear continuous extension operator exists for the space of Whitney functions given on these sets. Using local interpolation of Whitney functions we can generalize the PawÃlucki-Ple´sniak extension operator. We also give an upper bound for the Green function of domains complementary to generalized Cantor-type sets, where the Green function does not have the H¨older continuity property. And, for spaces of Whitney functions given on multidimensional Cantor-type sets, we give the conditions for the existence and non-existence of a linear continuous extension operator.