Aerosoft has released their rendition of British Rothera, following the announcement a few days prior. The scenery covers the Rothera Antarctic Research Station and a large part of the area around it, if you’re lucky you can also spot some Orcas swimming around the shores. The runway is located in between a hangar with water surrounding it, making for some stunning, yet challenging approaches. Furthermore the scenery features some special features such as; custom created sounds of animals and vehicles, realistic windsheer for extra realism and lots of animations including animals, vehicles, boats and what is likely to be the first animated penguins in flight sim.

The scenery is not developed by Aerosoft but by LimeSim, who have made several sceneries for flight simulators, also available on the Aerosoft Web Store. In the trailer, the developer showed the up and coming Twin Otter as well, stating that ‘together they make a perfect playground for the Aerosoft Aircraft Twin Otter.’ More information about the Twin Otter can be found on the Aerosoft forums. 

Here's the full feature list: 

• Lots of animation including animals, vehicle, boats and people, including likely the first      animated penguins and chain vehicles in flight simulator
• Custom created sounds of animals and vehicles (probably the first scenery in MSFS with sounds attached)
• Coverage beyond the base with stunning glacier cliffs dropping into the sea
• Hundreds of thousands of animated icebergs in a larger area around the base (at times it can be possible that the approach is blocked by a huge iceberg passing through)
• Offsite locations of automated monitoring stations (marked as POIs so you can fly there for regular checks performing rough landings out in the field)
• Off Site landing strips of two British field locations with custom models and improved terrain imagery/elevation data: Sky Blu and Fossil Bluff
• Emergency airstrip location on the glacier above Rothera (alternative landing strip that MUST be used by local aircraft if there are incoming overseas aircraft)
• Carefully crafted landscape to merge with surround landscape - including updated waterbodies
• Special technique used to add wind shear details to the vast white lands on the glacier
• Manual with dozens of pages of inside knowledge on flying in Antarctica, plus flight plans and simple charts

Aerosoft’s Antarctic Volume 1 can be purchased for $18.14 on the Aerosoft.com store.