Friday, May 15, 2009
South Pole - for my aunties!
HELLO!I've been absent from the blog for awhile. Sorry folks! While home in April, I had many requests from family and friends (mainly my aunties) who would like to see more photos from my third season on the Ice. Hopefully I'll get more added after today and without a reliable internet connection.
Boarding the LC-130 (aka Herc) at Willy Field near McMurdo Station. Ten of us were given the day off of work to spend six hours on the plane (three hours one-way) to get a half hour on the ground at the South Pole as our reward for being good workers. What a treat!
Patiently waiting to get to the Pole
View from the Herc window
We were each given a few minutes to spend on the flight deck with the pilot and his crew. We flew through the Transantarctic Mountains as I was up there visiting.
The highest peak in the Transantarctics: Mount Kirkpatrick
Flat Stanley came along, of course!
Amundsen Scott South Pole Station
Close up of the South Pole Station main building
Me at the South Pole!
Two Flat Stanleys with me at the South Pole
My reflection in the ceremonial pole marker at the South Pole
The Geographic South Pole
Me at the bottom of the Earth!!
The old dome at the South Pole - this is when my camera froze up because it was -13 degrees Fahrenheit, warm for the South Pole but too cold for my camera.
I was able to warm it up once inside to snap this photo of the greenhouse. That was just about the only photo I took inside.
When we arrived back at McMurdo, the guard guys unloaded this cargo while we taxied on the runway. The pallets just rolled out the back after they opened the hatch! It's much easier for the cargo people to pick up.
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