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First South Pole impressions
Dag Toppe Larsen
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Passing through Singapore
● UL: Singapore parliament with modern buildings in background
● UR: canal with new and old buildings
● LL: interesting building with “ship” on top
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Christchurch
● UR: flowers, will not see any more of those for long time...
● LL: canal in the botanical garden
● LR: outside hotel, “typical New Zealand”?
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Flying to McMurdo
● UL: entering C17● UR: interior of plane
with cargo and some passengers
● LR: view of the wing while flying
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Arriving at McMurdo
● UL: exiting plane at McMurdo, runway is on ice
● LL: cargo from plane being loaded on trucks
● LR: typical view of McMurdo
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Around McMurdo
● UL: Scott's hut, used for preparations for expedition
● UR: frozen coast line with mountains
● LR: either a seal or a sea lion (zoomed in from previous picture)
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Around McMurdo (II)
● UL: me with McMurdo and Scott's hut in the background
● UR: a mountain on other side of frozen sea
● LR: view of McMurdo from nearby mountain (right in UL picture)
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Flying to South Pole
● UR: ready to take off in a C130 (Hercules) with skies
● LL: interior of plane with cargo and passengers
● LR: propellers over mountain range
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View from flight to South Pole
● UR: mountains close to sea
● LL: mountains surrounded by ice, about halfway to Pole
● LR: same mountain range as LL from other side of plane
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Arriving at South Pole
● UL: our plane shortly after arriving
● UR: first sight of South Pole Station
● LL: initial view of ice desert after landing
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Cargo arriving at IceCube Lab
● UR: IceCube Lab, where all data is acquired, cables are coming up in the two towers
● LL: bulldozer picking up cargo
● LR: delivery from snow ramp
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View from top of IceCube Lab
● UL: view of South Pole Station in the background
● UR: South Pole Telescope
● LR: O(10^3)km till something else than ice...
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Ceremonial South Pole
● UL: flags at the ceremonial South Pole (not the geographical)
● LL: flags seen from other side with South Pole Station in background
● LR: shiny sphere in the centre made nice mirror
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Geographical South Pole
● UL: the “real” South Pole, moves about 10m every year
● UR: marker for where the geographical South Pole was 1st January
● LL: South Pole Station seen from geographical South Pole
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Outside South Pole Station
● UL: welcome to the South Pole Station...!
● LL: seen from the other side, the dormitories
● LR: the pillars elevating the station
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Around South Pole Station
● UL: entrance to underground storage and workshops
● UR: ground-level buildings and storage
● LR: snow shaped by the wind
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View from South Pole Station
● UL: IceCube Lab and South Pole Telescope about 1 km away
● UR: South Pole Telescope (zoomed in)
● LR: IceCube Lab (zoomed in), the ramp for cargo delivery to the left
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Inside South Pole Station
● UL: the dining hall● LL: the green house
(might not be operational this winter)
● LR: an IceCube photomultiplier on display at the entrance
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Inside South Pole Station (II)
● UR: a typical longitudinal hall way inside the station
● LL: social room● LR: local “cinema”
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Recreation
● UL: gymnasium● UR: band practice
room with lots of different instruments
● LL: “art and craft” room
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My world
● UL: my room● UR: view from
window● LR: science lab,
shared between several experiments, IceCube in the middle