2023 Aviation Week Photo Contest: Entries From Antarctica

Remote Double Diversion A pair of British Antarctic Survey DHC-6 Twin Otters rest at a remote landing site on a weather diversion from Fossil Bluff Skiway in King George VI Sound, Antarctica.

Twin Otter Landing at the Rothera Skiway A DHC-6 Twin Otter lands at the Rothera skiway on Adelaide Island, Antarctica. The Rothera skiway is located approximately 4 km from the Rothera Research Station and is used for pilot training during the early part of the Antarctic flying season.

Basler Parked at Rothera This Kenn Borek Basler BT-67, based on a highly modified Douglas DC-3, operating on behalf of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration, is parked at the Rothera Research Station, Antarctica, with the New Bransfield House in the background. Baslers and Twin Otters transit through the Rothera Research Station each season on their way to a variety of other destinations including the South Pole and McMurdo Station.

The Dash Taxiing Out British Antarctic Survey's Dash-7 taxis out on its penultimate Antarctic flight of the season. The Dash-7 primarily operates flights between Punta Arenas or RAF Mount Pleasant and the Rothera Research Station. It also has the capability to operate flights to the blue-ice runway at the forward operating base at Sky-Blu. In the 2022-23 Antarctic season, the Dash-7 was also modified to conduct aerial surveying duties for the Drivers and Effects of Fluctuations in Sea Ice in the Antarctic (Defiant) project.

V-AZ Getting Prepped at the Skiway A DHC-6 Twin Otter gets prepped at the Rothera skiway for its next flight out into the deep field.

Dash Airborne between the Bergs Photographed from high on Reptile Ridge, a British Antarctic Dash-7 flies over icebergs after departing Runway 36 at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica. Icebergs congregate around the northern end of the runway due to currents and a prevailing northerly wind.