Tour company White Desert uses private jets to shuttle people to its Antarctic camps from South Africa. The largest option is the quad-engine Airbus A340, which touched down on the ice for the first ...

Every year, hundreds of scientists, athletes, and tourists travel to Antarctica on passenger jetliners. These planes land on rugged, unpaved runways mostly made of blue ice and compacted snow. Norse ...

Experience a unique Antarctic flight aboard a Hi Fly A340 chartered by White Desert Antarctica, traveling from Cape Town to Wolf’s Fang Runway. The flight lasts approximately 5 hours and 15 minutes, ...

I boarded a Hi Fly A340 for a charter flight to Wolf’s Fang Runway in Antarctica, departing from Cape Town. The flight lasted 5 hours and 15 minutes, traveling from 33 degrees South to 71 degrees ...