VX-6

VX-6. Spares resource.

Photographer Heather Lennox.

PHI Aviation flies the US Antarctic Program's helicopters under a contract with the US government. This photo was taken at Black Island, near the McMurdo Station. Note the small PHI logo on the cowling. Photo by: Dominick Dirksen / United States Antarctic Program

At the mouth of the Beardmore Glacier. The aircraft crashed here that afternoon. This Beaver had first operated in Antarctica in 1956-58, then as NZ6001, but it was discovered that serial had already been worn by a Gloster Meteor. Shipped to Antarctica again in December 1957. The NZ roundel featured a fern at this time, but it was not distinctive enough and the kiwi was adopted in the late 1960s. Photo by: Barry Smith / Gary Danvers Collection

White Christmas assured. Painted orange, this Mi-4 took part in the First Soviet Antarctic Expedition which established the Soviet Mirny polar station in 1956. Very soon after a visting US Navy photographer took this shot, the helicopter was struck off charge and dumped nearby as returning it to Russia for a necessary overhaul was deemed uneconomical. Note C-47s in the background. Photo by Chief Photographer's Mate Wilson / Naval History and Heritage Command

Canadian WWII veteran photographed against the backdrop of the Royal Society Mountains. Pegasus Field was closed in December 2016 due to excessive melting of the ice runway. Photo by Jack Green / United States Antarctic Program

Resupplying the US scientific research station on the South Pole during the short summer season. Airstrip elevation is 2,835 m (9,301 ft). Photo by Mike Lucibella / United States Antarctic Program

Helicopter of the Chinese Arctic and Antarctic Administration (CAA) arrving from the icebreaker Xue Long (snow dragon). Photo by: Peter West / United States Antarctic Program