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  2. Polar route - Wikipedia

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    Flights between Australia and South America and between Australia and South Africa pass near the Antarctic coastline. Depending on the winds, the Qantas flight QFA63 from Sydney to Johannesburg – O. R. Tambo, or the return flight QFA64, sometimes flies over the Antarctic Circle to 71° latitude as well and allowing views of the ice sheet.

  3. List of Antarctic expeditions - Wikipedia

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    1928 - First aeroplane flight over Antarctica by Hubert Wilkins and Carl Ben Eielson [11] 1929–1931 – British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE) – led by Douglas Mawson; 1928–1930 – Richard Evelyn Byrd – First expedition; 1931 – H. Halvorsen – discovered Princess Astrid Coast

  4. Tourism in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Tourism started in Antarctica by the sea in the 1960s. Air overflights started in the 1970s with sightseeing flights by airliners from Australia and New Zealand, and were resumed in the 1990s. The (summer) tour season lasts from November to March. Most of the estimated 14,762 visitors to Antarctica from 1999–2000 were on sea cruises. [1]

  5. Wolf's Fang Runway - Wikipedia

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    Wolf's Fang Runway is a runway in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. [1] Flights operate to and from the runway during summer in the Southern Hemisphere. [2] It is operated by White Desert, a British tour operator offering a commercial private jet service to Antarctica.

  6. It's not for everyone: 3 things to know about Antarctica ...

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    When James Rameson stepped on land in Antarctica during an expedition ... Antarctica cruises can range from around $5,000 per person to more than $20,000 and those flights could add between $5,000 ...

  7. Troll Airfield - Wikipedia

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    Troll Airfield is an airstrip located 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi) from the research station Troll in Princess Martha Coast in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica.Owned and operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute, it consists of a 3,300-by-100-metre (10,830 by 330 ft) runway on glacial blue ice on the Antarctic ice sheet.

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