Feature: Climate change in Antarctica
At Wittenberg University in Ohio, climate change professor Sarah Fortner's work on Antarctic glaciers and earth resources may be one step toward a more environmentally sustainable future.
Getting to Antarctica isn’t easy. It takes nearly a day and a half to travel from the U.S. to Christchurch, New Zealand. Then your gear is checked to make sure it meets military standards and weight requirements. Next, you get your issues: “A big red parka and what they call bunny boots—basically they inflate a little bit so there’s a layer of air to insulate your feet,” Fortner explained. Finally, around 100 passengers bundle into a Lockheed C-130 for the flight from Christchurch to Antarctica, which takes eight hours—that is, unless you get “boomeranged,” or sent back after flying halfway there due to adverse conditions.
