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Old 1st Jan 2013, 02:08
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C441
 
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The departure track depends on the initial planned landfall over the ice and that depends on the best viewing (weather) forecast.

There are basically three options:
Track to Cape Hallet and south from there or west along the ice shelf,
To Dumont D'ville, more or less south of Melbourne/Hobart and east or west from there or,
To Casey, as far west as the flight normally ventures and then east.

It's all spectacular but for pure variety of scenery it's hard to beat the bit south of Cape Hallet where last nights flight appears to have gone...lucky buggers!

I believe there's another 2 trips in January/February. They are morning departures so midday not midnight (if you can call it that) over the ice.

If you get the chance, do it!! It's bloody awesome.

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