Cape Town in South Africa is the starting point for many Antarctic expeditions to the Weddell Sea sector of Antarctica or Queen Maud Land (Novo Air Base), either by ship or by aircraft.
I put her couble of Antarctic maps for people that might be interested of the place. It seems to be so that one intense airport down there is Novo (Novolazarevskaya) Air Base (Russian) and Maitri (Indian). It has regular air traffic from Cape Town controlled by ALCI (Antarctic Logistics Centre International).
Cape Town to Russian Novo Airbase 4128 km
Google Earth Satellite Image of the Runway
Novo (ALCI) Air Base in Detail
Dronning Maud Land Air Network (DROMLAN)
It takes about 5 to 6 hours and 4200 km from Cape Town to Novo Air Base using IL-76 transport plane.
Cape Town
Inside IL-76
Novo Air Base
Landing at Novo Air Base (video)
More Pictures about Novo (ALCI) Air Base at Antarctic
Back to Cape Town (video)
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