Latitude
90° South
Pictures
from the UNSW AASTO 1999 and 2000 campaign
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copyright by Paolo G. Calisse
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boarding,
Christchurch, NZ
Halo
and sun dogs surrounding the Ceremonial
Amundsen-Scott
Station entrance,
South Pole
South Pole
the
way South
the
EWC (Estreme Weather Clothing) supplied by USAP in Christchurch
NZ
How
I look when dressing the EWC (in front of the AASTO)
Checking
in to Antarctica in Christchurch, NZ
flying
residual
pack at latitude -68 S
boarding
at Pegasus field, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
not
a busy flight to South Pole, today
the
Transantarctic Mountain, heading South Pole
in
the cockpit during the 8 hour flight to McMurdo
Hercules
waiting to head South, Pegasus field, McMurdo
contrails
appear at ground level at less than -50 °C (South Pole)
CARA
- Center for Astrophysics Researches in Antarctica
the largest Astronomical Observatory in Antarctica
the largest Astronomical Observatory in Antarctica
Panoramic
view of CARA as seen (the Amundsen-Scott station is on the left)
- all the main buildings are marked
AASTO
- Automated Astrophysics Site Testing Observatory
run by UNSW and CARA, provide site testing data to to the International Astrophysics communitee worldwide
run by UNSW and CARA, provide site testing data to to the International Astrophysics communitee worldwide
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the
AASTO
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Andre
Phillips, myself, and Michael
Ashley, UNSW
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The
G-Mount is a 7 m toll twin telescope mount designed for
Antarctica,
accomodating the AFOS (Antarctic Fiber Optics Spectrometer, left) and the A-DIMM (Antarctic Differential IMage Monitor, right) |
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when you understand that just a few things are important to make life pleasant
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The
VIP building |
myself
(just one of those lucky guys) in the VIP building. A C-130
is visible through the window
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The
main radio amplifiers in the Radio Room
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The
station Galley, Michael
Ashley and a strange thing they call "pizza"
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the
Jamesway
the most popular accomodation at South Pole |
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A
view of the new station
building yard (Jan 01) |
Inside
the new station
under construction (Jan 01) |
The
Greenhouse inside the Dome
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With
John Rand into the
new 1 MW power plant |
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People
there is not too much people there, but they isalways interesting
there is not too much people there, but they isalways interesting
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The
"ice" Girls
a women team reached the station by ski |
John
H. Rand
one of the Head Engeneers of the new station, and a really nice person |
the
Radio Officer, and another really nice and helpfull person
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Two
pleasant researchers from NASA in the station Greenhouse
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more
pictures to come soon...
by
PGC, 2001