Out now, ‘Piloting flights from Canada to Antarctica, with Vicky Auld and Olly Smith’ – an interview with BAS pilots ahead of the ferry flights of the Twin Otter and Dash 7 aircraft as the new science season begins. Iceworld is available on your preferred podcast app.
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Iceworld is hosted and recorded by Nadia Frontier, and produced in partnership with Boffin Media.
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The annual migration to the frozen continent begins! Host Nadia Frontier speaks to British Antarctic Survey pilots Vicky Auld and Olly Smith just before they begin ferrying aircraft down the spine of the Americas – from Canada to Punta Arenas on the tip of Chile, then on to Antarctica.
From views of the Andes to the first glimpse of white mountains of the Antarctic Peninsula, Vicky and Olly talk through the epic journey and the big to do list on their arrival. They chat about the years they both had pushing for piloting roles at BAS, working towards meeting the high qualification and experience requirements for the Air Unit.
How do you decide the priority list of ferrying people into Antarctica? What are ‘freshies’? And what happens to magnetic navigation instruments at the South Pole?
