Behind the scenes at an ice airport (Antarctica)

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Join us as we get the grand tour of Wolf's Fang Runway (WFR/AT98) in Antarctica – looking at what it takes to keep this blue ice runway and surrounding airfield and ice camp operational. We get inside the PistenBully and groom the ice runway, we go inside the comms box to see how they receive and relay weather and other critical info between aircraft and ground crew, and we see what it's like when the incoming jet has to divert back to Cape Town ("boomerang") due to high winds. Finally, greet the inbound A340 when it tries again the following day. If you ever wondered what goes into operating an ice airport in Antarctica, you've come to the right place. This is video #4 in the Antarctica series. Don't miss the first three videos! A340 to Wolf's Fang ice runway: https://youtu.be/RKaNs9AGS_0?si=i_mK-5LyEMJWXYbe Flying the Basler BT-67: https://youtu.be/zO9TxnE-8uY?si=YwDTpuSKORm3Hygf Flying the Twin Otter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIMgYSmdQLo Check out White Desert and more about the trips they offer here: https://white-desert.com Follow Gabe on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabeleigh/ White Desert on Youtube: @white.desert.antarctica White Desert on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/white.desert.antarctica/ Follow Flightradar24 on Instagram - http://instagram.com/flightradar24 Find us on Facebook - https://facebook.com/flightradar24 Twitter - https://twitter.com/flightradar24 LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/2740521 ------------------------------------------- Useful flight tracking links: ✈️ Track live flights here - https://www.flightradar24.com 🎧 Listen to our podcast here - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/avtalk-podcast 🛩️ Find out more about subscriptions here - https://www.flightradar24.com/premium 📕 Read our flight tracking glossary here - https://www.flightradar24.com/glossary 📧 Sign up to our Aviation newsletter - https://www.flightradar24.com/blog/on-the-radar-newsletter/ #wolfsfang #icerunway #whitedesert