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looking south towards the S. Pole, 350 miles away but close enough to feel at the end of the Earth.
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Sunday hike in a place few have ever walked, Central Trans-Antarctic Mountains. Nv 2010
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'fossil ridge' view of nunataks (tips of mountains sticking out of the ice)
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An oldy but a goody....WWII DC-3 Basler, an Antarctic workhorse now.
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Uploaded on Apr 2, 2011
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Rac-Tent going up, CTAM camp, a building that can be put up in a few hours, able to handle extreme winds.
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wierd rocks, up on 'fossil ridge' how many millions of years theyve been here I dont know.
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Hiking down to snowmobiles, on ground litered with fossils.
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fossil leaf, Trans-Antarctic Mountains, this was once a warm wet continent........
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checking out fossils in outcroppings, 20 below F, Nov 2010
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the door to the old underground science station awaits......
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Uploaded on Apr 2, 2011
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typical Antarctic field outhouse, a little humor goes a long way in a place like this!
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Rac-Tent under construction. this would go up in a day, and taken down when the season was over.
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THE EMPEROR HAS NEW CLOTHES (ALMOST) emperor molting summer feathers Pegasus Ice road /Antarctica Feb 2011
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Uploaded on Apr 1, 2011
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CHECKIN BUTTS --emperors on road, Ross Island in background, Jan 2011
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