Icelandair flies to Antarctica: Boeing 767 lands at Troll airfield (QAT) | Icelandair

We usually fly closer to home, near the Arctic Circle, but this flight was even cooler: On Friday, February 26, an Icelandair Boeing 767 (TF-ISN), landed at Troll airfield (QAT) at the Troll research station operated by the Norwegian Polar Institute in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica.

The charter flight is to pick up the research center’s scientists and fly them home to Norway. The journey has involved a lot of planning due to the unique conditions (e.g. a landing strip on ice), and involves 6 pilots, 13 crew and 1 flight engineer. Read more: https://bit.ly/38tZWCX

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