![C-17](https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_500,c_scale/q_auto/v1608055828/news_attachment.file_.b0c8e8cf393beb56.635f31372e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b0c8e8cf393beb56.635f31372e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA)
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s … no, wait, it’s just a plane. Actually, it’s a particular plane—a C-17, a large military transport aircraft—training for air drops over the South Pole station, caught from below by IceCube winterover Erik Beiser. The winterovers were busy this week with a number of things: unloading cargo (carrying lots of boxes), snowmobile training, ICL cleanup, and packing up data tapes for shipment north.
![Basler](https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_500,c_scale/q_auto/v1608055827/news_attachment.file_.b16a16c6709fa993.7275737369616e732e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.b16a16c6709fa993.7275737369616e732e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA)
![cargo](https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_423,c_scale/q_auto/v1608055825/news_attachment.file_.82da1da3f808a70f.636172676f2e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.82da1da3f808a70f.636172676f2e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA)
![snowmobile](https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_500,c_scale/q_auto/v1608055824/news_attachment.file_.a6c3664a3443f50d.736e6f775f6d6f62696c652e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.a6c3664a3443f50d.736e6f775f6d6f62696c652e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA)
![packedtapes](https://res.cloudinary.com/icecube/images/w_750,h_563,c_scale/q_auto/v1608055823/news_attachment.file_.9352284dbab8fcdb.7061636b65645f74617065732e6a7067/news_attachment.file_.9352284dbab8fcdb.7061636b65645f74617065732e6a7067.jpg?_i=AA)