They avoided the usual «milk run,» taking more dangerous polar routes and logging some 100,000 kilometers over 5 years. (sciencemag.org)
On July 12, as a huge CME headed toward Earth, forecasters warned of possible power outages, spurring flight controllers to reroute aircraft on polar routes to lower latitudes, away from the shower of energetic particles. (scientificamerican.com)
With advance warning, satellite operators can switch off sensitive high - voltage electronics on their craft, astronauts can avoid space walks and even hide behind radiation shields, and planes can avoid polar routes. (newscientist.com)