At the South Pole from December 6, 2007 - January 14th, 2008: Research Experience Reflections This PolarTREC project as part of the International Polar Year (IPY) was for me an unusual opportunity…
Leaving the ice! Thank you and good by. South Pole:  Temperature: minus 28 C, Minus 18 F  Windchill: minus 38 C, minus 36 F  Wind: 6 knts. Weather: Windy, clearing sky It was time to go. Many…
Life at the South Pole Station: a retrospective photo journal. Temperature: -26 C, -18 F Windchill: - 36. 5C, -34 F Wind: 7 knts. Weather: clear and sunny. It is Sunday, and brunch is served at…
Dedicating the New Elevated South Pole Station to the new century. Temperature: - 29 Celsius, -18 F Windchill: - 43 Celsius, - 44 F Wind: in the morning 12 knots Weather: Sunny, with some high…
Passing of time, the Dome and Sir Ed Hillary. Temperature: - 32 Celsius, - 22.4 F Windchill: - 46 Celsius, - 47 F Wind: in the morning 17 knots Weather: Sunny, with some high clouds, no…
33 years of the Old Dom.   Temperature: - 26 C, 14 F Windchill: - 41 C, - 41 F Wind: 14 – 20 knts. Weather: windy and sunny, no flights do to a snow storm in McMurdo   We had another day of no…
Fire fighters at the South Pole. Temperature: -23.7C, -10.7F Windchill: -31.1C, -24.0F Wind: 4.9 knts. Grid 127 Weather: Clear and Sunny with high clouds, however, all planes canceled because of a…
At the beginning of my stay, I had the privilege to see the largest telescope of that kind on earth. It is called the South Pole Telescope and it has a reflector of 10 meters in diameter. Helmuth…
Satellites at the South Pole. Welcoming a new member of the research team! Temperature: - 25.7 C, - 14.3 F Windchill: - 30.9 C, - 23.6 F Wind: 2.9, Grid 158 Weather: sunny with scattered high…
Preparing the greens for the winter-over time Temperature: - 28 C, - 18.4 F Windchill: -28 C, -18.4 F Wind: 0.0 in the morning Weather: Clear and sunny with a few high clouds It was beautiful…
What would we do without machinery? Temperature: **-27.8 C, - 18.0 F **Windchill: - 36.0 C, - 32.8 F Wind: 4.9 knts. Weather: clear and sunny David Carson is the head of the VMF, the Vehicle…
Sir Edmund Hillary led the first Tractor party to the South Pole Temperature: -26 C, -18 F Windchill: - 36. 5C, -34 F Wind: 5 knts. Weather: sunny and clear Remember what I told you yesterday about…