Living and working in the cold - Antarctica: Global Science from a Frozen Continent - page 241

Figure 8.13 (opposite) Hard rock runway at

Rothera, which provides a base for Twin Otters
and a DASH-7 during the summer. With hangar
facilities and a fuel farm this British airstrip is
used by a number of national operators every
season. (Credit: Peter Bucktrout, BAS)

Figure 8.14 (top right) Twin Otter showing

ski/wheel con guration. (Credit:
AntarcticaNewZealand)
Figure 8.15 (centre right) A DC-3T Basler

operated by Ken Borek Air Ltd out of Calgary
in Canada for the US Antarctic Program.
(Credit: Kevin Bliss, NSF)
Figure 8.16 (below) Three Twin Otters on

the blue ice runway at the SkyBlu refuelling
station. (Credit: D.W. H. Walton, BAS)