{"id":28932,"date":"2025-01-02T15:55:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T23:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/?p=28932"},"modified":"2025-01-02T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T00:09:29","slug":"smooth-flight-last-night-into-union-glacier-basecamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/02\/img-news\/smooth-flight-last-night-into-union-glacier-basecamp\/","title":{"rendered":"Smooth flight last night into Union Glacier Basecamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>January 2nd, 2025<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-28932 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/02\/img-news\/smooth-flight-last-night-into-union-glacier-basecamp\/attachment\/the-team-with-the-757-at-union-glacier-max-bond\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The team with the 757 at Union Glacier (Max Bond)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28934\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-team-with-the-757-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28934'>\n\t\t\t\tThe team with the 757 at Union Glacier (Max Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/02\/img-news\/smooth-flight-last-night-into-union-glacier-basecamp\/attachment\/the-twin-otter-on-skis-with-the-basler-bt-67-behind-it-max-bond\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"The Twin Otter on skis with the Basler BT-67 behind it (Max Bond)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28935\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond-940x705.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond-620x465.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond-195x146.jpg 195w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/The-Twin-Otter-on-skis-with-the-Basler-BT-67-behind-it-Max-Bond.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28935'>\n\t\t\t\tThe Twin Otter on skis with the Basler BT-67 behind it (Max Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/2025\/01\/02\/img-news\/smooth-flight-last-night-into-union-glacier-basecamp\/attachment\/camp-at-union-glacier-max-bond\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Camp-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Camp at Union Glacier (Max Bond)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-28933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Camp-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Camp-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Camp-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Camp-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-940x1253.jpg 940w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Camp-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-620x827.jpg 620w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Camp-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond-146x195.jpg 146w, https:\/\/mountainguides.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Camp-at-Union-Glacier-Max-Bond.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-28933'>\n\t\t\t\tCamp at Union Glacier (Max Bond)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>IMG Leader Max Bond reports that the team had a smooth flight last \u201cnight\u201d (its 24 hour daylight!) into the Union Glacier Base Camp (79\u00b046&#8217;05&#8243;S 83\u00b015&#8217;42&#8217;W) in the Ellsworth Land area of Antarctica.\u00a0 The team were not able to continue on to the Vinson Base camp, so they erected their tents and spent the night there, enjoying the ALE facilities for dining and hanging out.\u00a0 Today the team loaded up the Twin Otter ski plane with their duffels and they have been waiting to fly to Vinson BC, but a persistent fog on the Branscomb Glacier has so far made that impossible.\u00a0 Oh well, they made it to The Ice and are in a perfect position for the next move over to the base of Mt Vinson!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 2nd, 2025 IMG Leader Max Bond reports that the team had a smooth flight last \u201cnight\u201d (its 24 hour daylight!) into the Union Glacier Base Camp (79\u00b046&#8217;05&#8243;S 83\u00b015&#8217;42&#8217;W) in the Ellsworth Land area of Antarctica.\u00a0 The team were not able to continue on to the Vinson Base camp, so they erected their tents and 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