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ICE 2012-2013

Photos taken on and around Ross Island

  1. Arrival

    Pax deplaning C-17 at Pegasus

  2. Condition 1

    Four lights on pole indicate extreme weather Conditon One. Shelter in place.

  3. Town Square

    Building 155, the center of town's activity, is painted blue.

  4. 283

    Challenger 283 with engine heater at Pegasus.

  5. Freshies and Baggage

    At the Scott Base turn in the road, hauling fresh food and baggage to town from the arriving C-17. Deep traverse tractor in forground, and Delta in background.

  6. Hut Point

    Scott's Hut. And Vince's cross.

  7. RTD

    Rubber tire dozer clearing snow at Sea Ice Runway.

  8. Fueling

    Topping off the fuel on an old Cat 950 loader being used at the Sea Ice Runway.

  9. Building 308

    Berthing/dormitory building 308

  10. Sun Riseing

    9 PM, September 18.

  11. Blue Evening

  12. MacTown

    McMurdo Station taken from Pegasus Airfield

  13. Walkabout

    Juvenile Emperior Peguins visiting the Sea Ice Runway

  14. Rothko Morning

    September 25 at 6:02 am

  15. Case QuadTrac

    Pushing snow on the apron of the Sea Ice Runway.

  16. Snow Blasts

  17. Delta

    PAX Deltas on the plug line. (Passenger Deltas parked and plugged in to engine block heaters.)

  18. Main Body

    C-17 downloading Main Body personnel. The Austral Summer season begins.

  19. Ice wave breaking

    The Ice is constantly flowing ever so slowly and when it hits the Island it rises up and breaks.

  20. October 15

    The shoulder of Mount Erebus

  21. Penguins on runway

    Behind Ob Hill MacTown is hiding.

  22. Snow Road

    Candy colored light

  23. Scott Base Road

    The longest road in Antarctica.

  24. October 23

    9:28 pm

  25. Pegasus Skiway

    Preparing the Pegasus Skiway. You need skis to land on a Skiway.

  26. 130's at Pegasus

  27. November 17

    Mount Erebus cloaked in cloud.

  28. MacTown

    McMurdo Station sits below Mt. Erebus, a 12,448 foot high active volcano. You can just make out town in the center of the photo.

  29. 279

    Challenger 279 preparing the long duration balloon launching pad in flat light...it's white out.

  30. Mount Erebus

    From the Pegasus Skiway.

  31. 966

    Cat 966 working on snow removal

  32. 149

    Trusty truck 149 on the snow road to Pegasus.

  33. MacTown

    The back side of town.

  34. Room With A View

    Day Trip on snow machines.

  35. Half Way House

    Half the way, on the road to Pegasus Aerodrome from MacTown

  36. Red Fines

    Mining red fines, a red cinder. Used to spread on icy roads.

  37. 130 Download

  38. Nodwell

    One of the last runs for this classic machine... it was soon to be loaded on the ship to head back to the States.

  39. Fuel Train

    Challenger 279 hauling fuel sleds.

  40. Cargo Delta

    A classic Delta making the haul back to town.

  41. 282

    Challenger 282

  42. Ivan

    Ivan the Terra Bus

  43. Snow Road

    The Williams Field road.

  44. The Kress

    A modified CAT haul truck hightailing it to town.

  45. Russian Ice Breaker

  46. Ice Breaker at Ob Hill

    I think I can.

  47. Tanker at Ice Pier

    The research vessel Nathanial Palmer, and the tanker Maersk Peary.

  48. Hut Point

    Open water as the sea ice receeds.

  49. Receeding Ice

  50. Ocean Giant

    Ship Off load begins

  51. Off Load

    Supplies for MacTown

  52. Load Out

    Send back what's not needed.

  53. Commuters

  54. Bldg 155

  55. NZAF Herc

    New Zealand C-130 Hercules on approach to the Sea Ice Runway. You can tell it's the Kiwis cause they don't have skis.

  56. Mile One

    Mile One road maker on the Pegasus snow road

  57. McMurdo Sound

    Seasonal ice breakup about to reach town.

  58. Boxes

  59. Morning Light on the Horizon

  60. Don't cross.

    Flags waving off vehicles so they don't cross the fuel line.

  61. Emperors

    Penguins being penguins.

  62. McMurdo Station

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