After landing at McMurdo Sound Base, Antarctica, STAFF Sergeant Mike Whitton, a flight engineer for the 8th Airlift Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Washington, reflects on his first successful mission to the "Ice". Sergeant Whitton and the rest of his C-141B crew are transporting personnel and supplies from the National Science Foundation (NSF), Christchurch, New Zealand, to Antarctica during Operation DEEP FREEZE '98