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NY Air National Guard Rescue at the South Pole
An LC-130 Hercules “Ski Bird” belonging to the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing evacuated seven badly burned crew members of a South Korean ship from the United States McMurdo Station in Antarctica to Christchurch, New Zealand, on Jan. 13. The seven crew members–four Vietnamese and three Indonesians–were injured when the crew compartment of the 167–foot long fishing vessel Jeong Woo 2 caught fire in the Ross Sea, 372 miles from McMurdo Station and … Read entire article »
NY National Guard Troops Survive Antarctica and NZ Quake
I saw some of these guys at work in the wreckage of Christchurch on New Zealand TV a couple of days ago. All 26 members of the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing, currently deployed in support of Operation Deep Freeze, are safe and unharmed after a 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the New Zealand capitol of Christchurch today. The Air Guard wing will remain in Christchurch and are scheduled to begin returning home this week … Read entire article »
Filed under: Disasters, Hard Science, Military
Antarctica challenges Air Force every year
While the U.S. East Coast feels the closest it has come in many years to “extreme” weather, some service members are facing real cold as they support the National Science Foundation’s efforts in Antarctica. Air Force Col. Paul Sheppard, commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group and deputy commander of Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica, provided details of the mission from McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on the Pentagon Channel podcast, “Armed with Science: Research and Applications … Read entire article »
Filed under: Hard Science, Military, Science
NY Air National Guard Lifts Injured Aussie From Ice
HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii, Nov. 6, 2008 – A combined U.S. and Australian team evacuated an Australian civilian in Antarctica to a hospital in Hobart, Australia, yesterday [November 5 2008]. The seriously injured patient was part of an Australian Antarctic Division contingent conducting scientific research at Davis Station, Antarctica. He was reported to be in stable condition while receiving medical care in Hobart for multiple fractures caused by an all-terrain vehicle accident. A medical team flew … Read entire article »
Summer at the South Pole
It’s almost summer at the South Pole. That means the annual rush of tourists and scientists to the ice cap is about to begin. The BBC reports on an interesting project to be conducted this summer. The AGAP project is a flagship endeavour of International Polar Year – the global science community’s concerted push to try to answer the big questions about the Earth’s northern and southern extremes. The challenging nature of the expedition has required that expertise be drawn from across the polar community. Supplying such remote camps is a major logistical exercise; working in them – at temperatures 30-40 degrees below zero Celsius – is bound to be physically demanding. Two survey aircraft will sweep back and forth across the ice to map the shape of the mountains. The planes will … Read entire article »
Filed under: Hard Science, Science
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