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Here we see one of the South Pole winter-over carpenters looking for lumber on the berms. Storage at the Pole is a bit of the problem because we have no supply planes from mid-February until mid-October. The Hercules LC-130's bring everything that we think we may need to get through the year, but storing it, and th...
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Here we see a view of the setting sun at the South Pole on March 22. Sunset here is a unique event, occurring just once each year at the austral autumnal equinox. I've heard that twilight will last 2 - 3 weeks, and then the stars and the moon will rule the sky for 4 months or more. In early September the sun will r...
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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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Here is the view from the flight deck of an LC-130H on its way to the South Pole from McMurdo. Below us are the Transantarctic Mountains. The last LC-130 left the South Pole on February 16. By the end of the month, they had left Antarctica, flying northward towards home. To the New York Air National Guard's 10...
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vol 1 issue 2
Contributor: Cap'n Jack Sharp
The vehicles at the South Pole require a lot of tender loving care. It's cold outside. Steel becomes brittle. Oil doesn't flow and everything gets encased with ice.
Winter is fast approaching. Most of the vehicles that we use here now ar...-
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Amundsen and Scott reached the South Pole less than 100 years ago. There has been a permanent station of one form or another at the South Pole for half a century. Following "Old Pole" and The Dome, the new elevated station is actually the third science and support facility at the Pole. Here we see a bit of the Antar...
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With the lower temperatures and increasing winds as sunset approaches, the carpenters are placing the final touches on the A4 roof of Amundsen Scott South Pole Station. Sunset will start on March 21 and will take almost a day to finish. Then we take the plunge into the deep darkness of the South Pole winter. It wi...
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vol 1 issue 2
Contributors: Katy Jensen and Nathan Greenland
So, here we are in the arches between the elevated station and the Dome. Within the arches you find the Facilities, Engineering, Maintenance and Construction (FEMC) shops, the power plant, and massive areas for storing buildi...-
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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 we see some of the 2009 South Pole winter-over crew. Darren, Boyd, George, Jack and Keith maintain equipment and keep vehicles on the station running. This was an especially warm day, with an ambient temperature of -23 F and very little wind. Notice the flag, which is usually flying high in my South Pole pano...
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