| Photos from Dome C |
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The new 1.8 metre telescope on Mt John, New Zealand |
Suze takes her first steps on Antarctica |
Remarkable rock formations above Terra Nova Bay |
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The Mario Zucchelli Station at Terra Nova Bay |
The sub-mm telescope at BTN, showing an interesting dome mechanism |
Suze and the Twin Otter at BTN prior to departure for Dome |
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Loading the Twin Otter at BTN |
The Trans-Antarctic Mountain range behind BTN |
The fuel dump at Mid-point Charlie, halfway between BTN and Dome C |
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Refuelling the Twin Otter from fuel drums at Mid-point Charlie |
Inger pretends to be an Antarctic tortoise |
The AASTINO, UNSW's own little
green and gold laboratory which houses all of our instruments. |
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A burglar peers into the AASTINO |
Inside the AASTINO, jetfuel from the stirling engine has leaked and caused the blue anti-static map to bubble - and it stinks. |
Shipping crates - Suze may possibly be sleeping in one. |
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Suze unpacks Nigel in the tent |
Kaseborer: Much faster than a shovel |
Driver: Ensures Kaseborer does the right thing |
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View through cracked windscreen of Kaseborer |
One of our "sealed" crates |
Sid the Stirling engine arrives on a sled behind the skidoo |
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Nancy the Stirling engines heads back to the factory |
Jon fits the engine cover onto Nancy |
Jon fills the Stirling engine with coolant |
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Rita the radio operator tracks down our calcium hydride in Terra Nova Bay |
The operations centre at Dome C |
Monument to Scott |
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Top-end instrument change, Antarctic style |
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The work of unknown alien forces, or hoons in bulldozers
doing donuts? |
Women in the kitchen |
Professors in the kitchen |
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The AASTINO in summer residence mode. |
No expense is spared in providing ergonomic seating of the
correct height for the AASTINO team. |
Hopefully, with the new antenna on the roof our email will
work again. |
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Suze discovers that every PhD student needs a good filing
system... |
...and that life isn't all bad. |
The new Concordia Station with the AASTINO and the
University of Nice ConcordiaAstro experiment in the background. |
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| Suze retrieves "COBBER" from UNSW's Automatic Weather Station. |
Suze contemplates how beautiful life could be if only
computers had never been invented. |
The "other" Kaessbohrer - the one used to drive folk around in. |
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The heating in the computer room leaves a bit to be
desired, so a portable laptop is definitely an advantage. |
The arrival of some VIPs to Concordia. |
The Twin Otter departs, leaving the dining room in a cloud
of snow. |
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Part of the Concordia construction team waiting
for a lift to work. |
Jon explains some of the highlights of the AASTINO to
Inger and Simon. |
Inger and Simon, from the EPICA ice-coring project, pay a
social visit. |
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The Italian ambassador to NZ, Marolla Liana, visits the
AASTINO. |
Head of logistics at Dome C, Carlo Malagoli, escorts the
ambassador around the AASTINO |
Gilles demonstrates the correct escargot technique. |
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Suze is happier now the ordeal is over. |
Meanwhile, in the next room, an escargot demolition is in
progress. |
Dome C hospital, with the ambulance parked outside. |
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This is why Dome C is so great for astronomy - no clouds and no wind. |
Happy birthday, Laura, from all of us at Dome C. |
Nigel the fibre-fed spectrometer is installed at the top
of the book shelves. . |
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Rule number one of skidoo riding - don't roll it. |
Your tax dollars at work. |
The AASTINO is just as handsome viewed from the west as
from the south. |
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Karim Agabi of the University of Nice discusses modifications
to the new telescope mount with Station personnel. |
SUMMIT sits in an inverted rubbish tin for testing. |
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SUMMIT successfully distinguishes between a lump of snow and the inside of the AASTINO. |
The main station is to the right, with the two Inmarsat
antennas on the roof. To the left is the "free-time tent", which also
includes the computer room. |
Eric Aristidi (left) and Karim Agabi (right), both
astronomers from the University of Nice. In the middle is Marianne
Dufour, an electrical engineer on the Concordia project. |
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Three of the sleeping tents at 10 pm. Note the sun-dog. |
First cosmic ray astronomy ever to be conducted at Dome C
(the short wiggly line). |
Suze aligns the test rig to measure the sensitivity of Nigel. |
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A sight never before seen by human beings - the AASTINO in darkness. |
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The Kaessbohrer travels ahead of the group to create a
smooth path. |
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The main group arrives. |
Don't ask about the camels.. |
Memorial to the late Dr Mario Zucchelli at the
station named after him on Terra Nova Bay. |
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Along with the Twin Otter, the C130 Hercules and GPS, such
machines have transformed Antarctic research from being "heroic" to "fun". |
Departing researchers cross a temporary bridge from the Terra
Firma of Terra Nova Bay to the ice ski-way. |
Antarctica's only active volcano, Mt Erebus, as seen from the
C130. |
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At Dome C, there is always plenty of parking for when guests
drop by. |
Refuelling at the loneliest airport in the world. |
The Twin Otter Pilot, Monica, checks that all the passengers
are still OK
(Photo by
Arnaud Salaun )
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| If you can land on this tiny patch of ice you are either a)
Crazy, b) Canadian, c) A damned good Twin Otter pilot or d) All of the
above.
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Our new boundary fence, also doubling up as a power line out to
the seimic experiment. |
Jon's continuity test. |
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Karim's light and fan switches. |
Jon makes his toughest decision for the day, note his
delightful earring I made from aluminium tape.
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Random picture of the top of the MASS window. |
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Suze and her friend Nigel. |
Jon solders with burnt fingers |
Jon cleans up Johns mess. |
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Suze and her friend Gilles |
its quite late now. |
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| Photos from the South Pole |
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Colin at Customs |
The Beagle |
ECW Gear |
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Jessie Departs |
Crammed Planet |
McMurdo |
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The AASTO from afar |
C130 |
More Icy Mountains |
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Climing the tower |
Colin at the Southpole |
Jessie Playing Pool |
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Jessie at the Southpole |
In the distance.... |
The Antarctic Centre |
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All photos are copyright Dept of Astrophysics, UNSW 2004 unless noted otherwise. |
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