On the flight to Antarctica

Dear Friend,

About thirty people crowded onto the cargo plane. We were crowded together because the airplane was also carrying a large helicopter! There were no regular seats or windows. We sat on a bench that was held up by webbing. I wanted to talk to the scientists who were all around me, but the cargo airplane was ten times noisier than any other airplane I’d ever flown on. People slept or read books. I waited for the plane to land for my first-ever visit to Antarctica.

Your friend,

Bob