Steve Peterzen gingerly guiding the forklift
to move the equipment pallet into a crate so that
it can be loaded on board the LC-130 that will
be conducting the fly-under.
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Loading
the equipment onto the LC-130.
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Here
he is ... our man Grant.
Grant
Wilson and NSBF staff members Scott Hadley and
Mark Metzger, about to board the plane.
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Closing
the door ... starting the engines ... taxiing
down the runway.
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The
view from inside the LC-130.
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After
the fly-under, Grant spent aiting at the Vostok
airfield for the plane to reload and fly back
to McMurdo. The plane keeps its engines running
because it is so cold, -40 degrees Farenheit!
Plus, everywhere you look it is perfectly flat.
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