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On Friday, February 26, an Icelandair Boeing 767, landed at Troll airfield at the Troll research station operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.
The flight was operated by Loftleiðir (Icelandair’s charter-flight subsidiary) to offload provisions for the research station’s staff who will remain at Troll this winter, and to pick up scientists returning to Norway after their summer service. Some of the scientists had been at Troll for 16 months and were happy to be heading home.
Icelandair says the journey involved a lot of planning due to the unique conditions and involved 6 pilots, 13 crew, and 1 flight engineer.
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The charter flight included offloading provisions for the research station s staff who will remain at Troll this winter, and to pick up scientists returning to Norway
In its presentation, Icelandair says it usually flies closer to the Arctic Circle, but on this occasion, the trip was 4 days and 42 flight hours from the top of the world to the bottom, and home again. On Friday, February 26, an Icelandair Boeing 767 (TF-ISN), landed at Troll airfield (QAT) at the Troll research station operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.
The flight was operated by Loftleiðir (Icelandair s charter-flight subsidiary) to offload provisions for the research station s staff who will remain at Troll this winter, and to pick up scientists returning to Norway after their summer service. Some of the scientists had been at Troll for 16 months and were happy to be heading home.
Icelandair made this announcement on social media: We usually fly closer to home, near the Arctic Circle, but this flight was even cooler: Today, an Icelandair Boeing 767-300 landed at the Norwegian research station Troll in Antarctica. The charter flight is to pick up the research center’s scientists and fly them home to Norway. The…
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