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GigapanMagazine.org
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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The North Pole. I suppose that the best way to think of the North Pole is to consider a single point on the sea bed under the Arctic Ocean where all the Earth's lines of longitude converge. It is the one point in the Northern Hemisphere around which our planet turns, and its position now is marked by a titanium flag th...
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GigapanMagazine.org
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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This is the same as my other pano with the exception that the good South Pole doc (grannydoc) went to the trouble of drawing in each of the constellations that are visible in the sky. You can see the same pano without the stars drawn in at my other pano: www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30450
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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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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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GigapanMagazine.org
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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Here is the last plane of the summer season of 2008-2009 at the South Pole. It is a Hercules LC-130, fondly called a "skier" or a "Herc" by the folks at the Pole. The LC-130's are the work horses of Antarctica, bringing fuel, supplies and mail to Pole. This plane will fly off in just a few minutes with the last half do...
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Located at an old Lucent Technologies site (now a county park) right next to a main road, this is a testing ground for different preservative treatments and coatings for telephone poles. Many of these samples have been there for years or even decades. See akthejefe.blogspot.com/2008/10/pole-farm.html
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