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2019/01/28 Christchurch's Antarctic Center
π 2019-01-28 01:01 in Museums, Ntrips, Trips
Across the street from RNZAF's and USAF's Antarctic launch bases in Christchurch is the Antarctic Center. I did'nt have super high hopes for it, but it was better than I thought and worth a good 3-4H in the end.




NZ is indeed not that far from the antarctic:



You could get a ride in Hagglung, the all terrain carriers they use there. They can handle quite rough terrain








Of course, they had penguins:




Another room was the cold/wind chill room:


brr...
brr...

Other misc stuff, including movies:



two kinds of planes to get there, 5 to 8H trip due to the lack of real jet runway on the ice
two kinds of planes to get there, 5 to 8H trip due to the lack of real jet runway on the ice


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