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A member of the U.S. Air Force walks pact an LC-130 Hercules aircraft on an improvised ice runway at Davis Station, Antarctica, Nov. 3, 2008. A U.S. and Australian medical team moved an injured Australian civilian aboard the aircraft from the camp to a hospital in Hobart, Australia, Nov. 5. The mission was flown as part of Operation Deep Freeze, commanded by U.S. Pacific Command's Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica on Hickam Air Force, Hawaii.

DEEP FREEZE

A member of the U.S. Air Force walks pact an LC-130 Hercules aircraft on an improvised ice runway at Davis Station, Antarctica, Nov. 3, 2008. A U.S. and Australian medical team moved an injured Australian civilian aboard the aircraft from the camp to a hospital in Hobart, Australia, Nov. 5. The mission was flown as part of Operation Deep Freeze, commanded by U.S. Pacific Command's Joint Task Force Support Forces Antarctica on Hickam Air Force, Hawaii.

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