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☆ 9 passenger airliners that have landed on Antarctica's rugged runways made out of blue ice
  + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +7 min
These planes land on rugged, unpaved runways mostly made of blue ice and compacted snow. PrivatAir's Boeing 737 and Smartwings' Boeing 737 MAXA Smartwings 737 MAX on Antarctica in January 2022. It was the first time the jet type landed on one of the continent's blue ice runways. Another Loftleider 757 is set to ferry Antarctic Ice Marathon runners to Union Glacier this December. Loftleider Icelandic Airlines' and Titan Airways Boeing 767Titan Airways' Boeing 767 on Antarctica.
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☆ Climate change thaws world's northernmost research station
  + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Lisi Niesner | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +1 min
Researchers have been studying the polar region for decades — with Ny-Aalesund’s weather records going back more than 40 years. But their work has become vitally important as climate change ramps up. That’s because what happens in the Arctic can impact global sea levels, storms in North America and Europe, and other factors far beyond the frozen region. August temperatures in Ny-Aalesund were on average 5.1C degrees, about 0.5C warmer than normal for the month. I’ve never seen that,” Gallet said in his office this month, as rain drizzled from a gray sky.
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