Science flight #11 was done on Saturday October 31 - Halloween.  October 31 is also a national religious holiday in Chile called Reformation Day, where Chileans celebrate reformation by Lutheran and other reformed church communities.  It has been celebrated nationally in Chile since 2008.

Take-off of this flight was on schedule at 9 am.  Clouds were present upon arrival to the Peninsula and for the first hour of the flight line so that no data was able to be collected over the George IV Inlet.  However, these clouds soon dissipated and the remainder of the flight lines successfully collected data on glaciers, starting with a survey of Clifford Glacier.

Other flight lines during this Antarctic Peninsula science flight surveyed the Larsen Ice Shelf, the Atlee Glacier, the Central Plateau, the Crane Glacier, Exasperation Inlet and an overflight of Palmer Station.

DC-8 Science flight #11 tracks

Photos from the DC-8 flying low-level survey lines across the Antarctic Peninsula

Sunday November 1 will be a hard-down day for OIB personnel.  Weather permitting, the next science flight will be Monday November 2 with a likely take-off time of 9 am.