Traveling to the ice is very different than flying anywhere else in the world. Pilots and other members of flight crews have to always be ready to land on ice they can’t see because blowing snow has created a “white out.” Everyone who boards a place to go to Antarctica or to go from one place to another on the continent has to be dressed to survive the cold and prepared to use the survival equipment all planes carry. ANDRILL scientists fly from Christchurch, New Zealand, 2,4000 miles to McMurdo station. For most of the October-February research season, people fly on LC-130s, which are flown by the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing.
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