Offloading an NSF Hercules C-130 at Patriot Hills skiway

Passengers prepare to board the Ilyushin IL-76TD at Patriot Hills blue-ice runway

Geoff Somers, during the 1990 International Trans-Antarctica Expedition. The 3,741-mile, 220-day expedition was the first-ever non-mechanized crossing of Antarctica

ANI's Hercules L-382 aircraft taxis at Patriot Hills blue-ice runway

Re-fueling ANI's DC-4 aircraft at Patriot Hills blue-ice runway. Mount Fordell in background. c. 1988

ANI co-founder Martyn Willams stands below Welcome Sign at Patriot Hills Camp c. 1988.

Meteorologist Antony reviews satellite images at Patriot Hills Camp in 1995. This was the first season that satellite imagery was used for weather forecasting.

Liv Arnesen and Ann Bancroft at the start of their Antarctic crossing, Nov. 13, 2000. Arnesen and Bancroft were the first women to cross Antarctica’s landmass on foot, from Dronning Maud Land to the Ross Ice Shelf.

First guided ski expedition to the South Pole, sled hauling over sastrugi on the polar plateau. 1988-89

ANI guest at Ceremonial South Pole, c. 1988