It's been quite some time, but, I have returned to the ice for another summer season. I arrived on station on October 1, 2012 and have been ejnoying it since. Here's some pics of what I've seen and done so far:
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Arriving to McMurdo on the Ice Runway
October 1, 2012 |
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| View from C-17 of the Trans-Antaric mountains and a glacial ice tongue |
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| McMurdo as seen from Hut Point |
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| Around town |
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| Goat Path to the Carpenter Shop |
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| Skier overlooking station |
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| On a walk to Hut Point |
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| Sunset at Hut Point |
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| Penguin tracks! We saw the tracks, but no penguin |
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| Tracks of the penguin's belly slide back to the sea |
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| Covered in frost after a hike up Ob Hill |
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| Thanksgiving snowboard hike to Castle Rock |
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| We found a Tucker on the trail - signs of a graded snoward run! |
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| Hatlie and Brian at Castle Rock |
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| My ride out to Cape Evans |
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| Iceberg stuck in the ice shelf |
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| Exploration hut at Cape Evans |
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| Pressure ridges by Scott Base |
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| Exploring the pressure ridges |
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| Brian and I by one of the formations |
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| Mt. Erebus towering over the pressure ridges |
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| Sunset over Hut Point |
Great pictures and narrative as usual. Looks like you are going to have a great time.
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