Our plane landed on an ice field at McMurdo. In a few weeks, they will move the air-field out onto the continent, about 30 minutes away past the New Zealand base so that the ice breaker can come in to let ships come through. The ships will contain cargo for the next year, and if you have big equipment you want to send something to Antarctica for a year from now, you do that on those ships. Once the ice breakers come and there is open water, penguins and seals will show up since now food is accessible for them.
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