In partnership with the Lexington Veterans Association.

Presented by Fred Santino, former Aircrewman/Avionics Tech, US Navy, author of Milestones, Mishaps, and Management – the Story of Antarctic Aviation

Drawing on his experience from two deployments in Operation Deep Freeze as an Aircrewman/Avionics Tech with the US Navy, Fred Santino will describe the early air attempts to reach Antarctica, starting with Admiral Byrd’s expeditions. He’ll share his personal account of the early days of arctic exploration in the 1960’s – living, working, and coping with constant dangers, whiteouts, crashes, near tragedies and rescues.  He’ll contrast this with present-day Antarctic aviation and answer the compelling question: why are we in Antarctica?

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