Working and Chilling at WAIS
January 11th 2006 On December 30th, our team departed for the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) Divide Camp, the flight only took a few hours. We traveled by a LC-130 Hercules, operated by the Air National Guard. The Herc was equipped with skis, but unfortunately lacking the Jet Assisted Takeoff (JATO) rockets that were prominent on Hercs in Greenland. Upon arrival, we were greeted by the other members of our rese
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