A couple of flight delays left us with an extra night in Christchurch. I was grateful for the extra time and slept hard. Our aircraft was changed to a LC-130 Hercules, a ski-equipped version of the classic 4-turboprop workhouse of military aviation. We were given the first of many briefings, boarded the LC-130, and like […]
We skidded down the ice sheet runway late Thursday evening on a C-130 cargo plane. The natural landscape is spectacular and town is a amazing, dirty logistical machine. Pipelines and heavy equipment are everywhere. In front of town, a long crack in the sea ice has opened the way for dozens of seals. I will […]
With a long flight across the Pacific, a few days on the Coromandel Peninsula of New Zealand, and a brief logistical stop in Christchurch, Lars, Pat and I began our journey to McMurdo Station, Antarctica.Extending northward from the New Zealand North Island, the Coromandel Peninsula is a humid, lush region of towering fern trees, steep […]
