On my way and already lost a day!
It is a long trip from backwoods Maine to Sunny Antarctica. We have already had freezes and sleet here so perhaps it isn't that big of a difference after all.
I took off from the teaming metropolis of Bangor (Bangor International Airport) early on the morning of October 18th.
Here I am at the airport ready to go.
My first flight was to Philadelphia with a several hour layover. Then a flight that was a bit shorter than 6 hours “seat time” to Los Angeles.
I arrived in the evening but it was still pretty hot and sultry.
Next is a long flight to Auckland New Zealand- our port of entry. That flight is over 13 hours.
Although we left in the evening of October 18th we arrived in New Zealand on the morning of October 20th. We lost a day because we crossed the International Date line.
More to come in a future posting on our short visit to Christchurch New Zealand. That is where we pick up our cold weather gear and catch our Air Force flight to Antarctica!
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