Muhammadābād This morning we woke up at 5am, and headed from our Hotel in Christchurch to the International Antarctic Center to check in for our flight to McMurdo.
Getting our gear together prior to the flight
We then headed to the passenger terminal with all our gear and checked in.
Forrest, checking in.
We then boarded a C-17 military plane for the 5 and a half hour flight to McMurdo. As you can see, it doesn’t exactly look like a regular airliner!
Graham and Forrest enjoying the inflight entertainment…
Some spectacular views from the windows on the way down. Here are some photos of the Antarctica a couple of hours north of McMurdo
The C-17 lands on an ice runway about 20mins drive from McMurdo station. The ice here is about ~2m thick. Beneath that is normal sea water.
Forrest and Graham enjoying the view!
Here’s a short video of the trip we took today. We’re now getting our gear together and will hoepfully be leaving McMurdo for our first field site in about a week. We’ll keep you posted!