Wolf’s Fang Runway is operated by White Desert Antarctica and it’s the only blue ice runway. It takes 22 hours to groom and prepare the runway for every jet landing. After landing, we climbed ...

Large jet aircraft are increasingly accessing Antarctica, helping with the supply of scientific bases and opening up the continent to tourists. Blue ice runways at Wolf's Fang Runway and Troll ...

In a November 24 statement by Senior Airman Colleen Anthony of the 62nd Airlift Wing, USAF Col. Matthew McNulty, the outgoing commander of the 304th EAS, complimented the Christchurch fans. Colonel ...

Coming to Antarctica was Mike Libecki’s idea ... We begin our journey in early November, landing at a blue-ice runway near a Russian research station named Novolazarevskaya.

Mountaineer Derek Mahon recently became the 15th and oldest Irish person to summit the highest peaks on seven continents.

The jet, equipped with extended legs on the landing gear to help absorb the shock of the blue ice runway, landed at the Russian Antarctic research station called Novolazarevskaya. Loftleider ...

this isn't Icelandair's first time in the Deep South – back in 2015, Icelandair became the first commercial airline to land a plane on a blue-ice runway in Antarctica.

Snow on the ice runway delays my flight from New Zealand to McMurdo, the main US research station in Antarctica. This is the first of a whole catalogue of delays and disruptions. It takes the ...

Antarctica has no permanent residents due ... White Desert spends 22 hours grooming its blue ice runway to ensure it has the "right friction level" to handle the mammoth A340.

Exploring a neon-blue ice tunnel. David Sinclair If you want to experience the Antarctica made legend by names such as Scott, Amundsen, Shackleton and Mawson, the best way to do it is not by ...

The Harborfields High School graduate’s job takes him to a truly unique workplace — eastern Antarctica, where he harvests samples in search of the world’s oldest ice. The summer’s ...