People tand on the purpose-built Wilkins glacial blue ice runway to the first Airbus A319 jet to carry passengers from Hobart, Australia to Antarctica, some 65 kms (40 miles) from the Australian Antarctic research station Casey, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008, in Wilkins, Antarctica. The historic flight began the world's first commercial air service to Antarctica and will radically expand Australian scientists' ability to study the effects climate change is having on Antarctica's fragile environment.
Passengers, scientists, government officials and ground crew gather for a group photo on the purpose-built Wilkins glacial blue ice runway in front of the Airbus A319 jet, to carry passengers on the world's first commercial air service from Hobart to Antarctica, some 65km (40 miles) from the Australian Antarctic research station of Casey, Jan. 11, 2008.
The first Airbus A319 jet to carry passengers from Hobart, Australia to Antarctica, some 65 kms (40 miles) from the Australian Antarctic research station Casey, Friday, Jan. 11, 2008.
First commercial air service to Antarctica
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