Over the ice and through the tundra

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Location: McGuire AFB, NJ

Temperature: 37 degrees

We woke up to begin what would be about a 30 hour day that would take us to the North Pole. First thing is lunch at one of the better named restaurants on a military base.

Then, eventually, onto one of the better modes of transportation I've ever been on (and probably ever will be). The pictures can't give perspective of how big the C-17 was--it was likely a flying warehouse that traveled at 80 percent of Mach I.

Dinner.

Cargo.

Locked up tight.

Good Luck.

Darryn, Coach, Anderson and Brion got to go up into the cockpit. I'm jealous.

A five hour flight later and very little sleep later we finally arrived in Greenland just to continue on with the day. Our first stop was to check in at the North Star Inn.