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Ice Stories: An Airport Made of Ice (Clip)

Running Time:
00:02:30

The POLENET project takes scientists all over the continent to install equipment, and to get there they leave from Williams Field, an airport near McMurdo Station. Willy Field has a runway equipped to handle the largest aircraft that fly into Antarctica. However, this runway is different; there's no pavement here - this runway is made of ice. POLENET's Stephanie Konfal gives us a look at Willy Field.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: December 21, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Geology/Earth Science

Keywords: aircraft, airplanes, airport, antarctica, mcmurdo station, williams field, willy field

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Dispatch: An Airport Made of Ice

Windows Media: 1300K

QuickTime: 1300K

Ice Stories: Herc C-130 Flight to Greenland (Clip)

Running Time:
00:01:48

To get to Greenland, scientists fly with the 109th Air National Guard in a Hercules C-130 aircraft. It is definitely not your typical airline experience.

Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All

Date: June 11, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
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Keywords: transportation, greenland, c-130 aircraft

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Dispatch: Herc C-130 Flight to Greenland

Windows Media: 1280K

QuickTime: 1550K


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