Atop Ob Hill, 750 ft above the frozen sound.
Atop Ob Hill, 750 ft above the frozen sound.
View of Mt. Discovery from Ob Hill.
Before departing on Castle Rock hike.
Kiwi vehicle at the base of Castle Rock.
Fascinating Castle Rock composition. It is full of black lava intrusions.
Ice shelf buckling under pressure. Looking towards Erebus.
Almost the conclusion of our hike. Everyone's still smiling.
The peak on the left is Ob Hill.
Apple hut on the way to Castle Rock.
Ken posing with apple hut & Castle Rock.
Magnificent view of the Royal Society Range.
Sea Ice looking W from the Rock.
View of Mt. Terror from the Rock.
Sea Ice. The islands are known as the Razorbacks.
A Kiwi "Haggie" at the base of Castle Rock.
A Kiwi "Haggie" at the base of Castle Rock.
I love the back of this coat.
If your neutrinos haven't been used yet, dump them elsewhere.
The ultimate suicide door.
The carps' shop. Note the chair.
The Science Cargo window, with gratuitous advice.
Someone's cool idea of a fence.
Totally surreal: you're hiking up the hill and suddenly see this.
Ob Hill and white giant golf ball.
Jen fires up a Whisperlight.
My igloo. Here's where I slept.
Helo coming back from a field camp with cargo.
Helo deposits said cargo on the ground.
Smaller helo coming back from a field camp.
Castle Rock as seen from the ice shelf.
Edge of the ice near the transition zone.
View looking back from the Delta's cockpit.
LC-130 take-off sequence.
LC-130 take-off sequence.
LC-130 take-off sequence.
LC-130 take-off sequence.
LC-130 take-off sequence.
LC-130 take-off sequence.
LC-130 take-off sequence.
Riding in the front of the Delta II.
Whale sculpture stalking the icebreaker.
Vincent's cross at midnight.
Me by the official (yet well hidden) McM sign.
Checking out our GPS base station antenna.
Me peeking out of the DC-3's "Hamburger Door".
Duncan & Dusty posing with the G-meter platform cover.
Detail of the G-meter platform cover.
The end of the deconfiguration / packing mayhem.
G.E., Ken, Art, Joe, and NASA golf ball.
I stuck the foot there for reference.
If things go really bad (or really good) you end up in there.
It also includes me. A necessary evil for his self-portrait.
Hobbs Glacier and Blue Glacier can be seen across the sea ice.
Mt. Discovery in the distance.
It is a refreshing oasis in a place where "Safety First" otherwise rules.
This is the south face of 155, the single most popular building in town. I'd hate to wake up in the middle of the night to go pee and take a wrong turn.
More significantly, note that they have kept a "Thwaites" id board decorating the outside. I highlighted it in red for your convenience.
Adam standing on his igloo.
Remains of ancient snow civilizations.
Brings gas once a year. Don't smoke near it.
Note the crevass field... size is relative, but a regular house fits inside one of those fissures.
Note the propellers' tip vortices.
Note the propellers' tip vortices.
It was rigged on top of one of the dormers in our jamesway.
Note the female undergarments pinned to the ceiling. Alas, I cannot claim to be responsible for them.
Penguin of Death at upper right corner.
We're almost ready to go home now.
