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Back to the Future: Meet our Flying Laboratory

By Jack Holt · December 10, 2009 · comments 3 comments
MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- Imagine it's 1942 and you are a pilot ferrying a brand new Douglas C-47 twin-engine airplane from the factory in sunny Santa Monica, California to England to support the Royal Air Force's efforts to stop Hitler... {Read More »}


Out of AGAP

By Adrienne Block · February 4, 2009 · comments 4 comments
MCMURDO STATION, ANTARCTICA-- The problem with going to remote places is that no one wants to come pick you up... {Read More »}