South Pole – off to Antarctica

Great relief –  the bags have been found!  Message from Sean yesterday is that they were about to fly to the Antarctic continent.  They will fly in a Russian jet powered Ilyushion-76 aircraft over Tierra del Fuego and out across Drakes Passage towards the frozen lands of Antarctica.  It’s a six hour flight and they land on the precarious looking blue ice runway at Union Glacier.

(Pics courtesy Waleed Zahid)

The blue ice runway at Union Glacier