Fred, Jessie & Colin, waiting in NZ for the flight south.
The crowded C-141 flight to McMurdo.
Boarding Ivan the Terra Bus for the 40min. trip off the Ross Ice Shelf.
The port of McMurdo.
Mactown.
Colin overlooking Mactown on the way up Observation Hill.
Doug atop Observation Hill.
Jessie on the morning of our flight to the South Pole.
Boarding the "City of Cohoes," an old favorite of mine.
Much more comfortable than the C-141.
And more windows, too. Flying over the awesome Transantarctic Mountains.
Transantarctic Mountains
Mountains and ice
Tranantarctic Mountains with the mighty Beardmore glacier in the distance.
Beardmore glacier (detail).
The view from my room in the new Elevated South Pole Station.
Summer Camp: The Jamesways, Fred's & Colin's home.
The "Hypertats" Jessie's home.
Fred at the South Pole!
The AASTO and SETI telescope as we found them.
Colin's cable trench nears completion.
The "growth chamber" in the new station.
The greenhouse under the dome.
A beautiful day at the working side of the station.