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Here is a closer view of Discovery Hut, the rustic structure that Robert Falcon Scott brought to Hut Point on Ross Island in 1902. The wooden building was designed to stay cool in Australia's outback. It was very efficient at cooling, and it tended to fill with snow when it was not occupied. The hut was used by 3 exped...
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This view of Ross Island was photographed from the hill that leads to Vince's Cross on Hut Point. The town in the distance is McMurdo Station, the largest community on Antarctica and the hub most of the travel activity in Antarctica. The square wooden building is Discovery Hut which was placed on this spot by ...
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So here we are, sitting high and dry on the fast ice of McMurdo Sound. The C17 that brought us here is on the left. There is a line of folks waiting to climb into Ivan the Terrabus, which is the big orange/red, boxy vehicle sitting mid-photo. There are other, less famous, but nonetheless interesting vehicles waiting to...
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360 panoramic view from the Castle Rock (see snapshot: gigapan.org/alpha/gigapans/19393/snapshots/59074/ )
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Here we see the helicopter pad at McMurdo Research Station on Ross Island, Antarctica. Most of the times that I walked by this place the helicopters were out flying. This afternoon I was fortunate to find two helicopters on the ground, and so there are a couple of helicopters in the photograph. The helicopter on th...
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Here is the parking lot outside the McMurdo Vehicle Maintenance Facility. You will notice that McMurdo has quite a variety of large vehicles. McMurdo is the largest of the American Antarctic Stations. It is a travel hub for scientists and support personnel who deploy to Antarctica from Christchurch, New Zealand, wh...
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Central part of the Wright valley in Dry valleys, Antarctica. In the bottom of the valley there is the Onyx - the longest river in Antarctica. Its difficult to estimate scale height and distance in this landscape without reference points. The height of the slope of the mountains in central patr of the picture is almost...
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One of many glaciers flowing down on the northern slope of Kukri Hills to Taylor Valley just above Lake Bonney. Dry Valleys, Antarctica.
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Front of western part of Taylor Glacier in Simmons Basin, Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Aerial view of Simmons Basin at www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=12424
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Asgard Range
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