Wiltsie Slide ID # QM 9056H This aircraft was chartered by Adventure Network, International, a company that pioneered wheeled landings in Antarctica and first opened the continental interior to non-governmental expeditions.

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A wheeled C-130 Hercules lands on a bare ice glacier in Queen Maud Land, Antarctica, carrying an expedition to climbing the background Filchner Mountains.

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Contained in galleries: Queen Maud Land, QM, Exploration + Adventure

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