The Basler DC-3 Lidia landing at Troll. Photo: Henrik Törnberg

The Norwegian research station troll. Photo: Henrik Törnberg

Troll gives us a perfect start with great weather – sunshine, good visibility, no wind and the thermometer shows -7 degrees Celsius. We pack up our things and set off with a tracked vehicle seven kilometers out to the airstrip. The aircraft arriving is named Lidia. She is a DC-3 built in 1942. The landing points are supplemented with skis in order to be able to land in the snow.

Unfortunately, we receive reports about poor visibility at Wasa. It’s not much we can do other than wait for better weather. At 18 o’clock we took the decision to go back to Troll and cross our fingers for better weather tomorrow.