After boarding a C-141B Starlifter from the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, a brown-bag lunch is what the National Science Foundation (NSF) members eat during their five-hour flight from Christchurch, New Zealand to McMurdo Sound Base, Antactica. The NSF members are on their way for a five to fifteen month stay studying Antarctic life during DEEP FREEZE '98

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Subject Operation/Series: DEEP FREEZE '98

Base: Christchurch

State: Canterbury

Country: New Zealand (NZL)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jerry Morrison, Jr.

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07/10/1998
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McChord Air Force Base ,  47.13095, -122.50269
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label_outline Explore Mcmurdo Sound Base, Sra Jerry Morrison, Antarctic

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