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Hercules C-130 on the Pegasus white ice runway in McMurdo. Group of 50 people arrived on 5th of Jan 2009 to Antarctica after 8 hours flight from Christchurch, New Zealand. They move to Ivan the Terra Bus, the only public like transportation vehicle in Antarctica connecting Mctown with the airport.
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Sun setting while the moon rises at Halley Base, Antarctica 76 south 26 west
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Hope Bay was discovered by Otto Nordenskjold during The Swedish Polar Expedition in the 1st years of the 20th Century. Nordenskjold and five men from the expedition spent the winter of 1901-02 on Snow Hill Island conducting research. The Steam Freighter Antarctic, which dropped them off, was to retrieve them in the Sp...
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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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McMurdo is a bustling community of scientists and support people on Ross Island on the edge of the shore of Ross Sound. There is much research in the Ross Island area, and most of the these building support that research. McMurdo is also the gate to the interior of Antarctica, and scientists and support staff bound...
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This island acts as the communication center for Antarctica. All Radio (HF and VHF), data (internet) and TV goes through this island before reaching the main U.S. base, McMurdo Station, a short 20 minute helicopter ride away. The two radomes (golfball like structures) each contain a large parabolic communications dish....
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Lone British skiier Mark Langridge arrives at the South Pole. Starting from Hercules Inlet on the Antarctic coast 49 days ago, Mark has made an extraordinary journey across 700 miles the southern continent's white and blue landscape. A South Pole guide escorts him to the tourist camp, where he will be the sole occup...
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NSF: McMurdo Station (77°51'S, 166°40'E), the main U.S. station in Antarctica, is a coastal station on the volcanic hills at the southern tip of Ross Island, about 3,864 km (2,415 miles) south of Christchurch, New Zealand, and 1,360 km (850 miles) north of the South Pole. The original station was built in 1955 to 195...
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This panorama of McMurdo Station displays some early summer activities. McMurdo is a staging point for research in the Dry Valleys and for marine research in the waters nearby. McMurdo is also the point through which most people and supplies pass on their way to the Pole. Look around and see some of the equipme...
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The Lake Bonney field camp located in the Taylor Valley is a permanent instalation which is used every summer season by different research groups, primarily by limnology teams studying lake processes in Antarctica. The main structure of the camp is jamesway hut with heated kitchen/living space. Take a look inside of it...
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