SOUTH POLE STATION, ANTARCTICA: The LC-130 Hercules gains speed and gets its nose off the ground.
SOUTH POLE STATION, ANTARCTICA: The wings flex up and finally pull the rest of the aircraft off the snow and into the sky.
SOUTH POLE STATION, ANTARCTICA: A forklift drives by as the plane continues to rise and will circle back around to return to McMurdo Station on the Antarctic coast.
