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  2. Polar route - Wikipedia

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    Few airlines fly between cities having a great circle route over Antarctica. Hypothetically, flights between South Africa and New Zealand, or between either Western Australia or Western Southeast Asia and southern South America, would overfly Antarctica, but no airline currently operates such flights.

  3. Richard E. Byrd - Wikipedia

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    Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), was an American naval officer, [1] and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics. . Aircraft flights in which he served as a navigator and expedition leader crossed the Atlantic Ocean, a segment of the Arctic Ocean, and a segment of the Antarctic Plat

  4. Transport in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    Part of a traverse, which was bringing fuel, food, and other supplies from Dumont d'Urville Station to Dome C (Concordia Station).January 2005. Transport in Antarctica has transformed from explorers crossing the isolated remote area of Antarctica by foot to a more open era due to human technologies enabling more convenient and faster transport, predominantly by air and water, but also by land ...

  5. 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]

  6. List of airports in Antarctica - Wikipedia

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    This is an alphabetical list of airports in Antarctica, including airstrips, heliports and skiways (snow runways [1]). List. Airport name Type Country ICAO code

  7. Mount Erebus disaster - Wikipedia

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    The flights left and returned to New Zealand the same day. The plane left Auckland International Airport at 8:00 am for Antarctica, and was scheduled to arrive back at Christchurch International Airport at 7:00 pm after flying 5,360 miles (8,630 km).

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