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vol 1 issue 2
Contributors: Camille Parisel and Erik Verhagen
It is the day before sunset at the South Pole. IceCube Drill Camp is deserted and cold.
During the summers of 2004 to 2008, hundreds of scientists and ice drillers were at the South Pole for this massive project. Their mu...-
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vol 1 issue 2
Contributors: W. Lance Roth, Kristina Shiroma and Katy Jensen
Here is the interior of the Balloon Inflation Facility, (BIF) as we prepare to launch dual plastic balloons. We are using plastic today because the latex balloons break prematurely in the cold temperatures of ...-
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The sky at the South Pole is often monochrome. We see a lot of solid light gray or white skies and we see a lot of solid blue skies. This sky on December 27 with all of these high, wispy clouds was remarkable. Beneath all the blue and the trails of mare's tails, you can see the tents of the Norwegian and Finnish sk...
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Aboard C-17 jet. 110 people fly to McMurdo Antarctic station from Christchurch, New Zealand. After 5 hours flight we turned back due to bad weather at the landing site www.gigapan.org/gigapans/17976/ . We made so called boomerang and spent next 5 hours heading north to Christchurch. 8 handheld shots, Pentax ...
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It has been almost a century since Antarctic Explorers bound for the South Pole used Discovery Hut as a haven from the the fierce weather that they encountered on the continent's edge. The Discovery Hut was built in 1901 by the Discovery Expedition which was lead by Robert Falcon Scott. Ernest Shackleton's Nimrod ...
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Both the new South Pole Station (the large grey building), and the old South Pole Station (the half-buried geodesic dome) can be seen in this panorama. You can see the ceremonial pole surrounded by flags and the true geographic South Pole about 100 yards away (see snapshots...) www.nsf.gov/od/opp/support/sout
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vol 1 issue 2
Contributor: Cap'n Jack Sharp
Even though it was discovered less than 100 years ago, there are many mysteries surrounding the South Pole. Among the recent mysteries is the location of Old Pole, which was closed in 1974 and has been off limits to would-be explorers from th...-
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Here you see the Amundsen Scott Research Station at 8:30 am on Christmas morning. We don't have to worry about getting up in the dark for an early race. The sun rose in September and hasn't set since. Inside the station, people are getting ready for the Race Around the World which will start at 9am. With our posit...
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Halley VI base and the surounding ice shelf...can see some of the radar arrays, workshops, storage and temporary accommodation
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We were on a Quark Explorers Cruise on the MV Professor Multanovskiy, and we were exploring the Antarctic Peninsula. It was a beautiful day a after an impressive storm at sea. We took shelter from the gale in Hope Harbor, and we were invited ashore when the weather cleared. It was a great landing. Base Esperanza i...
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