Antarctica The flight: from the air

Return to South America gallery       Homepage A BAE-146 takes us from Punta Arenas, Chile, to a rough gravel landing strip at Chile's Frei Base on the Antarctica peninsula...which, as seen for the first time below, is exactly as you would expect it to look:

Frei Base from the air on the approach:

Icebergs off the coast:

The rough landing strip at Frei Base:

The flight even made the board in Punta Arenas:

For most people on this flight, it is their first visit: