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Airlines

The following companies offer flights to the Arctic Ocean:

 VICAAR, based in St Petersburg (www.northpolextreme.com), the only company offering direct access to the heart of the Arctic Ocean during April.

 Ken Borek Air (www.borekair.com), operating all over the Arctic; their Resolute Bay Station is the most frequented by polar explorers.

 First Air (www.firstair.ca), airline of the North.

There are two main organisations for expeditions travelling to the Antarctic:

 ALE (www.antarctic-logistics.com) Operating out of Punta Arenas, Chile, Antarctic Logistics and Expeditions secures flights to the Patriot Hills. Until the 2009 Antarctic season, the runway was situated at the Patriot Hills, but due to erratic weather conditions they have moved all operations to the Union Glacier.

 ALCI (www.alci.info) The Antarctic Logistics Center International is a logistics service provider in the Dronning Maud Land Network (Dromlan) since its inception in 2002. It provides an international air bridge between Cape Town and Novolazarevskaya Station during the austral summer from late October to the beginning of March.