A recent article on AF.mil noted the Operation Deep Freeze runs by USAF C-17s flying from New Zealand to McMurdo Air Station, Antarctica.  Most interesting, however, was the included photograph:

It seems benign at first, but if you look at the pallets between the passengers, you can see cases of beer…lots of cases of beer: 

Granted, there aren’t any Wal-Marts or Package Stores in Antarctica, so the residents of the remote outposts can’t just hop in the car and go pick up a case of Spring Tide “lower carb lager” or Corona.  Everything (literally, everything) has to be flown or shipped in.  In addition, the station and surrounding support are manned by around a thousand civilians (in the summer).

Truthfully, there may even be larger “beer runs” in other cases, given how much support material the US military moves around the world for its widely deployed troops.

Still, its intriguing to watch the military devote such a large load of a C-17 to deliver alcoholic beverages even as it highlights “the dangers of holiday drinking.”