File:C-17 tests Phoenix snow runway for wheeled aircraft at McMurdo Station -- Antarctica -- November 2016.jpg

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English: US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Research Civil Engineer, T.J. Melendy, watches from his snowmobile as a C-17 takes off from the new Phoenix Airfield at McMurdo Station in Antarctica. After withstanding two takeoffs, two landings and a series of taxiing maneuvers, the new airfield is certified safe for wheeled aircraft.
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Author Michael Lucibella, National Science Foundation

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