{"id":637,"date":"2013-01-05T10:29:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-05T15:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inaheartbeat.ca\/tyl\/?p=637"},"modified":"2013-01-05T10:29:12","modified_gmt":"2013-01-05T15:29:12","slug":"day-5-union-glacier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uhnfdn.ca\/tyl\/blog\/2013\/01\/05\/day-5-union-glacier\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 5: Union Glacier"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The busiest airport in Antarctica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The TYL smile for a photo after arriving at Union Glacier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It\u2019s only -7 and we’re\u00a0864 m above sea level.<\/p>\n

Well, the plane took off and 5 hours later we landed at Union Glacier! We are here. Its 6:45 and dinner is at 7. Our luggage (so fun to call it that!) our gear will be offloaded shortly. It\u2019s 8 kilometres from the blue ice runway to camp. We still need to set up tents etc….. will be a late night. Dinner at 7, briefing at 9 then we go out to set camp.<\/p>\n

The plane is one helluva beast. Its kind of hard to describe what it feels like. But imagine BIG with no amenities. They did serve lunch to us!<\/p>\n

When you deplane, it feels like you have landed on a lunar landscape – nothing but snow, glaciers and mountains. Distance is impossible to determine \u2013 you look at a mountain and it is 20 kilometres away and the glacier is 4 kilometres wide. You can see for miles.<\/p>\n

The camp is pristine and its location makes it ideal for camping as the wind is minimal. We are putting up camp beside the main area. Then there are two large tents for eating \u2013 one for the ALE clients and one for clients guided by others: us and Polar Explorers.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow we are supposed to break camp, ski out 4 kilometres and set camp, do some exercises (stove etc.), then we ski back and either set camp here or fly out to the last degree… We don\u2019t know yet.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Delgado does his best airplane pose in front of the Ilyushin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  It\u2019s only -7 and we’re\u00a0864 m above sea level. Well, the plane took off and 5 hours later we landed at Union Glacier! We are here. Its 6:45 and dinner is at 7. Our luggage (so fun to call it that!) our gear will be offloaded shortly. It\u2019s 8 kilometres from the blue ice … <\/p>\n

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