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Antarctic Airways: Antarctica's first commercial airline

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2009

Charles Swithinbank
Charles Swithinbank
Affiliation:
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1ER UK
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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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Polar Record , Volume 24 , Issue 151 , October 1988 , pp. 313 - 316
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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