That plane looks so much more comfortable than the standard passenger planes.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it is pretty comfortable! Lots of leg room but only a couple.of small windows

@bahardin3992

4 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer a 5 hour flight with packed lunch and any hot beverage? ( take it there's no in flight service being non civilian aircraft )

@jsmariani4180

4 жыл бұрын

We are definitely talking legroom.

@PKAPE004

6 ай бұрын

Silly question: Since C17 is a cargo plane, was there a traffic jam at the available lavatory or lavatories?

Excellent mate! 🇦🇺 On February 18, 1979 I flew over Antarctica on a QANTAS 747 - a remarkable experience that never left my mind. Over forty years later I am privilaged to enjoy your video, triggering exceptional memories. Stay safe, and God bless you. 💐

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I bet that was a once in a lifetime experience!!

Always wanted to visit the ICE wall of Antarctica

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! Hope you get to some day

I just stumbled upon this video, I was on this very same flight and recognized all of my teammates in your video. Was one of the few kiwis working at Mcmurdo

00:39 "Airport Security Service" better known as "ASS"

@godfather4047

4 жыл бұрын

@reverse thrust you shut up

Thanks for sharing this video, enjoy, your very previlege to visit this wonderful place

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Yes I feel very lucky to go to this place, especially for work

Looking forward to the next video 👍

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

15 more to come about Antarctica now that I am back in New Zealand and can post them!

The intro lmao without a blink of an eye? Lol 😂

Love the video - amazing you can fly from a city in NZ to Antarctica in just 5 hours!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Yes its not too far! Far enough but easy enough.

@Ash_the_aviator

Жыл бұрын

8 hours on a herc

Subscribed. Great vid. Love to see more details. Thanks for sharing.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Wow! Thank you for sharing. This was so interesting to watch.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! Thank you so much!

You are the man.. Thankyou for your service.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you so much for sharing this.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Wow. What an awesome trip that must have been. Great video.

he should blink, his eyes will freeze

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Haha! Sometimes it is very hard to breath because the air is too cold and your throat closes up

@NinoNiemanThe1st

4 жыл бұрын

I also was a bit weirded out by the narrators non-eye blinking, and completely still upper face - almost Parkinson-esque, but hey, minor detail.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

@@NinoNiemanThe1st Whats wrong with that? i am in an environment that i am comfortable in

@NinoNiemanThe1st

4 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer No LOL there's nothing wrong with it. Not being used to cold weather, I think I'd be blinking continuously in that cold!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

@@NinoNiemanThe1st haha!

What an exprience, very unique

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

My father flew to Scott base in 1969 on a Lockheed Constellation from Christchurch .US Air force Deep Freeze, 4 engines piston powered .I was only a boy then. I remember looking up at the plane when I was at school, as it made it's way toward the ice knowing my Dad was on board. The sound it made as it droned across the sky. He flew back on the first of the C-130's . Still have some footage of the low flying stuff they did back then in the new Hercules. 50' above the ice at over 200 knots .

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

That's awesome!! I wonder if that is the plane that we take people out to visit the crash site of. There is a constellation plane that crashed at Pegasus airstrip once and we take people out to see it for day trips from the Bases.

@greensocks4507

4 жыл бұрын

@andy green Corrected then.

This is so awesome!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love it!!!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thank you KZread for blessing me with this video and channel. Nice video!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

this is so cool! one of my dream destinations.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

thank you! if you ever get the chance to go, take it!

Awesome

Only just came across your videos thankyou so much for doing this

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Beautiful

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

BEAUTIFUL VIDEO & PLACE.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing your experience through this wonderful video..take care wherever you are during covid19.. greetings from 🇮🇳

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

thank you!

I watched your channel today first time and you make me your great fan . Subscribed . Liked

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Im happy to have you as a subscriber!

What a cool plane.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Such a cool plane! I didnt actually get to go on it last year so was quite keen to go on the C17 this season

Beautiful country in the world yar.

Chur! And interesting video! I'd love to get onboard a C-17 one day!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I hope you get the chance! You would like it

Muito top Parabéns pelo vídeo

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Obrigado!

Thanks brother for sharing this.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

A very good and informative video Thank you From Germany.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I hope all is well in Germany for you!

This vid is amazing

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching!

awesome, cheers for sharing this, looks mean!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Hope it helped a little

@hussainahmad8327

4 жыл бұрын

Tnx

Aussies & Kiwis working together down there? Great video man. I hope to get there one day

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Kiwis and Americans. We almost have nothing to do with the Aussies because they go from Hobart and there a probably 2000km away to their closest station. NZ and the US work very closely together

@davestoneband

4 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer Thanks for your reply, appreciated.

Great adventure! Thanks for sharing, and greets from the Netherlands. T.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awsom video like all others. Good luck

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love seeing a McChord C-17 doing the heavy lifting. Retired there in ‘93 after 24 years..

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Nice one! Yes they are cool planes! The first year I went down on an Airbus A319 and it was a stunning flight because it had windows, but the C17 was probably the more real experice. The Ski Herc is the most real experience however because that take 3 extra hours and has a high chance of turning around and you fly 8 hours and land back in Christchurch where you started!

Great video.....thanks....

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! 15 more to come soon now that I am back in NZ

You deserve more views and subscribers

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers! Im working on it! Hard to be a KZreadr in Antarctica where its blocked on our computers

@carelessorin6461

4 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer is there no internet connection in Antarctica?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

@@carelessorin6461 there is internet connection but the bandwidth is smaller than the standard house and it needs to be shared across at least 30 computers and costs thousands of dollars. So it's slow and KZread and uploading would make it completly unusable. Now I'm not in Antarctica and have great internet

Nice!

Very cool mate.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Wow

A Lifetime dream of mine to work there, maybe one day yet. Thanks

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

Great video Christan Love Aunty

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Annette!

Very Good informative Video 🤝

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

😊.2024 still where? Thx for sharing Hope all is well 🎉😊

Thx Love to go 2023

Wow awesome I always wondered what the Globemaster done and where it went I thought for some reason it was just C130s that went to the Antartic

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah the C17 is the better plane as it can carry more but for the warmest part of the season they can't land wheel planes and therefore fly the LC130 ski planes. They also do all the south pole resupplies too

Good job

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

That's one hell of a thousand yard stare - goes right through me..

@NinoNiemanThe1st

4 жыл бұрын

These days, rather then the well-documented 'thousand yard stare' as a symptom of PTSD, you'd suspect Parkinson's Disease (but the guy is generally too young), or MG (myasthaenia gravis). Overall though, I think this guy just displays NZ South Island toughness, although I get that people can find the non-blinking somewhat odd or different. My money is on the latter - these people really are tough, and built differently when it comes to extreme cold! Or perhaps he's just really concentrating on his video, and suppressed his blink-reflex in the cold to finish it.

you deserve so many more subs it's not even funny.

I’m traveling to McMurdo next month and was curious how the internet situation is. I’m an online student and am going down there for only a month.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

You should be fine, there's no wifi generally for mcmurdo residents in summer as far as I know. But there public computers everyone can use. Just don't plan on uploading and downloading anything. That's all I know, I was at Scott base and that's different

@willgaukler8979

4 жыл бұрын

...you will be lucky if they still go...sorry...quarantines....

Wow nice wildki good job kapan saya bisa di ajak terbang gratis

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Oh my god, the background music... We can always count on it to ruin an otherwise perfect video.

@NinoNiemanThe1st

4 жыл бұрын

I'll admit the background music isn't great, sounding like every other 2018 video music track, but I'd hope most people could see past the irrelevant soundtrack and focus on the content. Who would let a soundtrack 'ruin' a video with so much interesting information? Answer: people who watch too much television.

I live in Christchurch, NZ

1:51 The world's most unique safety announcement

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

bahaha yes it has to be something like that! very different to normal safety announcements!

Hey. I wintered over at South Pole in 93/94. Even back then the Ross ice shelf was thining and I thought that they wouldn't be landing planes on their for long. I wonder where they now land the C-141 that you were flying?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Hey! I bet winter at pole was an experience you will never forget. They still land all the planes I gliding the C17 on the Ross Ice Shelf. The ice is plenty think enough. They don't land them on the sea ice any more just because of logistics on maintaining the sea ice runway each year. The C17 needs a minimum of 1.8m thick of sea ice to land on. We still het that every year, but they just focus on the one runway now for wheels planes and one for skiplanes.

@NinoNiemanThe1st

4 жыл бұрын

The Australian Antarctive Division also runs a chartered Airbus A319 service from Hobart to the Wilkins ice runway during the summer months. It's a modified aircraft with extra tank space so it can tanker the return fuel (don't need to refuel in Antarctica). There are a few KZread videos on this, and they're fascinating. Fortunately it only takes service personnel down there, no tourists to keep the environment as pristine as possible.

@melvinmurriel6888

2 жыл бұрын

They won’t let see that the world is flat

@melvinmurriel6888

2 жыл бұрын

Was the world flat

This plane is currently going under maintenance at the base I work on, in the next hangar to mine. Crazy lol.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

That's crazy! Did you get the registration from somewhere on the video? I hope it's all still working well 😉

I have gone to the auctions with all surplus from The Antarctica program. One time I bought pallets of C-130 parts!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

What! A pallet of C17 parts? I didnt know you could buy such things, What did you do with them, i would love to know!

Hey there. I'm moving to Christchurch next week and I dream of one day working in Antarctica. Watching your videos has inspired me to take the next step. What do I need to do to get a job like this there? Do I need to study something specific? Where should I look to next please? Cheers!!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

Hi there, it all depends what skills and qualifications you have. Look at the Antarctic New Zealand website and role descriptions and start applying!

Good visit that place were that circle is nearby if you can

Interesting experience, Thanx. Some of the "music" needs to be deleted.

Nice aircraft !! The Indian Air Force has a fleet of 11 C-17 Globemaster IIIs.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Nice one! They are great planes

I want to go to Antarctica .

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

Good luck, I hope you get the chance to

I go in this country.

@valdrin367

2 жыл бұрын

Antarctica is a continent

what's the powerplant (engines) for this C17. looks like quite a modern engine, GE something..??

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Wikipedia informed me that "The C-17 is powered by four Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofan engines, which are based on the commercial Pratt and Whitney PW2040 used on the Boeing 757. Each engine is rated at 40,400 lbf (180 kN) of thrust." So yeah, all I know is they work really well haha!

@scuddrunner1

4 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer The C-17 is from McChord AFB Tacoma Washington State. Right next to where I live. :-) The Green stripe on the tail indicates McChord.

You absolute Tinbum!!! How have you pulled a second trip?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

I have been to Antarctica 5 times, I work there in tourism and science.

-23 lollllll that’s warm🤣

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Of course it all depends where you come from doesn't it!

Epic. You’ve got the same accent as my mate Andy from Auckland.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Haha theres a reason for that ;)

@rogerhargreaves2272

4 жыл бұрын

WildKiwiAdventurer - myself and Andy have been mates for years; I guess your from Auckland then. 😉 I’m from Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

@@rogerhargreaves2272 Im actually from the south of NZ but to an outsider we all sound pretty much the same!

@rogerhargreaves2272

4 жыл бұрын

WildKiwiAdventurer - you do bro. I went to Dunedin, just to see what was there, I went on the train, the whole experience was unbelievable. I’m so lucky to have visited your country. Also climbed the Cathedral tower in Christchurch before the earthquake. Keep safe bro. RgY ✌️😎💙💯

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

@@rogerhargreaves2272 Crazy! You were lucky to climb the tower, it is not there anymore!

JBLM( McChord AFB) is very close to my home , that's where this bird is home-based!!

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Do you see them flying a lot?

@trob0914

4 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer They fly a circuitous pattern all day, every day, plus they send a squadron to Christ Church to support Antarctica for a good part of the year, plus the always support operations in SW Asia and elswhere, it's an awesome/ beautiful bird! Thx!!!👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

-23C? A warm day. Here in Canada we often get down to -45C typically in the winter.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you have it cold up there too. we had -42 a few days later and we were out camping.

-23 Celsius isn’t even that cold That’s an average winter day in Alberta Canada

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

For Canadians yes it is, but not for Kiwis, that is colder than the coldest day new Zealand has ever recorded.

@josse6907

4 жыл бұрын

I am Canadian🇨🇦..but my kiwis still freeze in the winter.....

@EternalNico1

3 жыл бұрын

still cold

@rocco...

3 жыл бұрын

@@EternalNico1 -45 is cold! It got down to -46 C or -51 F in January 2020 where I lived. Went to the gym that morning to.🥶

Your accent is very similar to "Admiral General Alladin" from The Dictator😅 BTW amazing video 👍👍 Can you give me the details how to fly to Antarctica?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! There are very few comercial flights, this one was for members of NSF or Antarctica New Zealand for staff going to work at the bases down there. Look up Quark expeditions and Antarctic Logistics. They do fligths but they are much more expencive than any normal flight.

The C-17 is a great plane.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome plane!

@NinoNiemanThe1st

4 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer The C-17 sure is an amazing aircraft. And I'd trust very few pilots apart from US military to fly them properly to such a difficult, but amazing place to land. The overhead announcements were hilarious: they sounded like a bog-standard 737 flying between different cities, but with such a dramatic twist given where this aircraft was going!

You guys are lucky.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Yes we are very lucky to get this oppotunity

As a guy in a mostly warm area,is there a reason everyone is wearing eye gear? Is it because snow is shiny? Also how deep can the snow get in some areas? Lastly, what's it like inside the base? Is there food put in packages or do you eat things like cup noodles? Great video btw, glad i subscribed!

@carolbrazil1508

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe the glasses are to keep your eyes from freezing....the cold wind would really hurt your eyes I think....

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment! Glasses: Party to do with the wind but mostly to do with the extreme level of UV light from the ozone hole above Antarctica. If you dont wear eye wear outside for like 20 mins in snowy areas you will get snow blind. And that hurts!! And its bad for you long term as well. The snow slowly turns to ice as it gets deeper. Around base its just one metre or two. On the Ross Ice shelf the Snow/ice can be up to 700m deep and on the continent it can be a few kilometers thick

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

Food is mostly standard frozen and dry food. Bought down by ship once a year. Usually out of date by the time we get to eating it.

awesome vid!!!!! ka pai bro ✌🏻

omg zero blinking...

I've applied for a job with Antarctica new zealand, let's hope we get to meet one day

I so wanna go Antarctica for Research

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

What do you want to research?

@sarahwilcox1125

4 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer I like to research on all the polar explorers and how Antarctica came to be plus I like to study the Antarctic Weather and Southern lights

This looks like spaceship...Lol

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Haha OK maybe…

i can see many senior citizens onboard. Whos actually allow to embark on this journey? Are they only scientist / researchers?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

Yes just scientists of people like my self supporting the scientists.

@TSemasFl

3 жыл бұрын

Those elderly people are scientists studying the Roswell UFO when it crashed, now the air force is flying that UFO down in Antarctica and those elderly people are the ones who made it work. Why else would elderly people be down there? Sit in a warm quonset hut, drinking coffee all day studying penguin poop? I'm sure there's tons of young college aged scientists for this. These people have special knowledge and work for the government.

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

@@TSemasFl sorry to disappoint but they are the ones sitting in a hut watching penguins. I have seen them myself. One guy has been doing it for 40 years!

@lickwitgold1661

3 жыл бұрын

@@TSemasFl when acting like a know-it-all goes wrong 😂😂

Where did u fly from

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Hello! We flew from Christchurch New Zealand down to McMurdo sound.

Hi im india kerala

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome! I was in india a couple of years ago

I want to go there with you and live there...

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Its a very cool place! In many ways...

Thanks for this video. Can you please tell me the ticket price ando ther expenses for a tour to Antartica? What is the minimum number of dates for a one tour. I am from Sri Lanka wish to do this. Please give me the details. Regards

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

This flight is for science, so it is not possible to buy a ticket. Look up Quark expeditions or ALE. They have flights to Antarctica. They are in the many thousands of dollars.

@NinoNiemanThe1st

4 жыл бұрын

Why do 3rd world people always ask this stuff without doing any research first? It's like call-center spamming: do no work yourself, spam a hundred people, and see if they respond. He's not a tour guide. Do your own research, but be aware, you'll never land there on a plane (these are always official/government trips for the bases). The tourist trips (that only touch the tips of Antarctica from its shores) are probably way too expensive for you (starting at about USD $10k and moving up), but there are plenty of travel agencies that manage this - google and call them up, but be aware, the cost is likely to be prohibitive for most Sri Lankans. It ain't cheap for westerners as well, consequently the 'tours' are full of people in their 60s who can afford $10K to $50K merely to 'set foot' on Antarctica, not go anywhere near the South Pole (if that's your thing).

Minus 23 ....the average temperature here in Fort Nelson BC during winter time and sometimes more than that ...minus 35 all the way to minus 40 ... it's look like is getting warm in your area buddy .....

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah there are some places colder. I had -40 to -50 C the year before down in Antarctica. For us its super cold because in New Zealand it has never gone below about -20 C

Are there private settlers down there in that continent?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

5 жыл бұрын

No there are not. As far as I know there's only one person who has ever come down to this part of antarctica just to live and they stayed one year in a small hut and then went back to Australia. It's too hard to live here

Thank God he put on those sunglasses. Blink dude

*The trip looks fun, but we wouldn't consider such a trip without knowing where to get our own heavy coats--nor did we see a link for them? Their not your standard winter clothing... lolo.* *Provide a link for them!*

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Hello and thank you for your question. I was issued this clothing from my employer and you can see this video for more info about dressing for cold places. kzread.info/dash/bejne/lIuD2LOSkpaTgqg.html But I can make some recommendations. Look up Canadian Goose, they make very good warm jackets. You want something thick, and long, the jackets go down towards your knees and have a huge hood. Very critical. I am now living in the Arctic and have a Rab Positron Jacket www.fjellsport.no/rab-positron-pro-jkt-ink.html?channable=e79947.OTIzODQ3&gclid=CjwKCAjw1v_0BRAkEiwALFkj5umgW3kdp1AyXwzQBHJt7EjZlH9arQz-_uE10fZxi2QtdYLDCcdHZhoCwW4QAvD_BwE That's a light weight version and quite expensive because its super warm just from down feathers. Also the layering underneath is important with fleece and thermal merino layers closer to the skin. Does that help?

@NinoNiemanThe1st

4 жыл бұрын

You won't even be considered for such a trip, so don't bother looking up how to buy the 'heavy coats' etc. The only people who get to these parts of Antarctica are officially registered by the governments. It's not a place open to tourists, because authorities realize people like you would just wreck it. You can pay about $50K to go on a cruise ship that just touches the coast, but that's about it.

What did you do while there?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

2 жыл бұрын

I worked at Scott Base as a field trainer

How much does this tour cost?

Minus 23. Pfft. Hot

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Where are you from??? _23 isnt too bad. Ive been camping in a tent at -42, that was quite cold!

Approximately how much u spend to make a full tour in anterctica?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

I worked there with Science. It is not possible to buy ticket on this plane. You can go by ship from South America for about 6000 to 30,000USD

@nahidhasan5923

3 жыл бұрын

@@WildKiwiAdventurer oh thx

How much does it cost this flight?

is it a noisy cabin in cruise flight?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

4 жыл бұрын

Very loud and noisy, you really want to wear some ear protection to be comfortable.

My dad went to Antartica in a c 130

How much did the trip cost?

@WildKiwiAdventurer

3 жыл бұрын

This was apart of my job working at ScottBase, you cant actually buy a ticket on this plane. Look up Antarctic logistics for a price for a flight to Antarctica