A C-5B Galaxy aircraft lands on the ice runway near McMurdo Station during Operation Deep Freeze '90.  The Galaxy is the first such aircraft to land on the runway, which is over 10,000 feet long and was scraped from ice over eight feet deep.
Master Sgt. Jose Lopez Jr.
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