Antarctic Airways: Antarctica's first commercial airline
Abstract Antarctic Airways, an independent commercial airline, operated one DC-4 and two Twin Otter aircraft during the 1987–88 summer season. The DC-4 made twelve direct flights between Punta Arenas, Chile, and the Ellsworth Mountains. The Twin Otters were used for onward flights to destinations in...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400009591 2024-03-03T08:37:41+00:00 Antarctic Airways: Antarctica's first commercial airline Swithinbank, Charles 1988 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400009591 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400009591 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 24, issue 151, page 313-316 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1988 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400009591 2024-02-08T08:38:46Z Abstract Antarctic Airways, an independent commercial airline, operated one DC-4 and two Twin Otter aircraft during the 1987–88 summer season. The DC-4 made twelve direct flights between Punta Arenas, Chile, and the Ellsworth Mountains. The Twin Otters were used for onward flights to destinations including the South Pole. The significance of this development is that scientists from countries that do not have ships or bases in the Antarctic can now work on the continent without either. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Polar Record South pole South pole Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic South Pole Ellsworth Mountains ENVELOPE(-85.000,-85.000,-78.750,-78.750) Polar Record 24 151 313 316 |
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Abstract Antarctic Airways, an independent commercial airline, operated one DC-4 and two Twin Otter aircraft during the 1987–88 summer season. The DC-4 made twelve direct flights between Punta Arenas, Chile, and the Ellsworth Mountains. The Twin Otters were used for onward flights to destinations including the South Pole. The significance of this development is that scientists from countries that do not have ships or bases in the Antarctic can now work on the continent without either. |
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