(Portland, OR) -- A member of the Oregon Air National Guard has completed a six week mission in Antarctica. Colonel Christopher Lantagne served as commander of the 13th Air Expeditionary Group at McMurdo Station. The group supports scientific research on the continent. Lantagne says he got to visit the South Pole during his deployment. The group flies a LC-130 aircraft with skis instead of wheels, so it can land on ice. He says parts are tough to get and it takes a lot of TLC to keep the plane flying.