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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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Here on the edge of Antarctica, 2 gigapan photographers met. One is in this panorama. The other is behind the camera. My shooting style apparently gave me away. Discovery Hut is an interesting structure that served as the winter home for Scott's Discovery Expedition in 1901. Several other expeditions used the hut...
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Here you see Discovery Hut, which is an Antarctic Historic Landmark. It is one of 3 expedition huts that were built by Antarctic Explorers in the Ross Sea area in early 20th Century. Located on Hut Point Peninsula and separated from McMurdo Station by Winter Quarters Bay, Discovery Hut is a short walk from McMurdo...
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Transantarctic Mountains in Victoria Land, Antarctica observed from a side door window in Hercules C-130 flying from Christchurch NZ to McMurdo. Two glacier tongues of diffrent size go out from the mountains into Ross Sea.
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My second gigapan test using 70 X 5Mp images. (first was from the front door....successful but not too exciting). This is using the Epic 100 with a Canon Powershot A610.
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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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Pegasus white ice runway at Mcmurdo, Antarctica. C-17 USAF jet just landed on the Ross Iceshelf after 5.5 h flight from Christchurch (NZ), ready to unload passengers and cargo.
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This pan is an homage to www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=15344 which is what a tidy office should look like, and can be seen on two of the screens in the pan if you look closely.
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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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Scott Base shares Hut Peninsula on Ross Island with McMurdo Research Station. A short walk can take you from one station to the other. Instead of the multitude of multicolored buildings at McMurdo, Scott Base has a cool spring green monotone. The summer population of McMurdo is around 1200 people. About 250 people ...
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