On Oct. 12, 1957, history was made when the first-ever commercial flight to Antarctica departed from San Francisco, carrying 37 passengers to the U.S. Naval facility at McMurdo Sound station. Thirty ...
Excerpted from "Compass Lines: Journeys Toward Home" by John Messick (Porphyry Press, 2023). Reprinted with permission from Porphyry Press. Ice began hundreds of miles ahead of the continent, great ...
Allison Batdorff, Antarctic Sun McMurdo correspondent: Some waiting crowd members held welcome signs, but not ones you’d see at an airport. An electrician lofted a light bulb in the air, like an idea.
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