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  • The Antarctic Center in Christchurch New Zealand width:800;;height:600
  • Christchurch Deployment Center - departure point for the ice width:800;;height:600
  • Examples of the extreme-cold-weather gear we were issued width:800;;height:600
  • The gear we had to wear or have with us on the plane width:607;;height:800
  • My extreme cold weather gear width:800;;height:600
  • The SCINI team hoisting a few in the first day in Christchurch width:800;;height:600
  • Christchurch width:800;;height:600
  • The botanical gardens in Christchurch width:800;;height:600
  • The botanical gardens in Christchurch width:800;;height:600
  • Godley Head near Christchurch width:800;;height:600
  • Sumner near Christchurch width:800;;height:600
  • Sumner near Christchurch width:800;;height:600
  • The snow-capped mountains west of Christchurch width:800;;height:600
  • Lyttelton Harbour width:800;;height:600
  • Mmm, cheese! width:800;;height:600
  • Heading out to the C17 for the trip to the ice width:599;;height:800
  • Inside the C17 width:800;;height:600
  • Inside the C17 width:800;;height:600
  • First sight of Antarctica width:800;;height:600
  • Landed on the sea ice width:800;;height:600
  • That's not a freezer - it's the door to the outside width:599;;height:800
  • Sea ice training - the vehicle is a Hagglunds width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Discovery width:800;;height:495
  • Iceberg stuck in the sea ice width:800;;height:480
  • Mt. Erebus width:800;;height:522
  • The Scott Hut width:800;;height:576
  • Pressure ridge in the sea ice width:800;;height:561
  • Seals in the distance width:800;;height:524
  • Barne Glacier width:800;;height:555
  • Using a drill to assess the sea ice thickness width:800;;height:708
  • Iceberg width:800;;height:600
  • Iceberg width:800;;height:600
  • Wind gusts width:800;;height:623
  • Hut Point Peninsula width:800;;height:600
  • Erebus Bay width:800;;height:600
  • The greenhouse at McMurdo Station width:800;;height:600
  • Looking from our lab across the sound width:800;;height:600
  • Snow flurries width:800;;height:600
  • Looking at the mainland width:800;;height:600
  • Looking across the sound width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Discovery width:800;;height:600
  • A landing C17 width:800;;height:600
  • Sunset over the mainland width:800;;height:600
  • Boarding a Delta for survival training width:800;;height:600
  • Offloading the deltas width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Erebus puffing away... width:800;;height:600
  • Castle Rock width:800;;height:600
  • Scott Base - New Zealand width:800;;height:600
  • Survival training width:800;;height:600
  • Scott tents width:800;;height:600
  • Building a Quinzie hut width:800;;height:600
  • Fog around Mt. Erebus width:800;;height:600
  • Quarrying snow blocks to build shelters width:800;;height:600
  • Whew! width:800;;height:746
  • Our camp for the night width:800;;height:389
  • Francois in the Quinzie hut width:800;;height:600
  • HF Radio training width:800;;height:600
  • Simulating zero-visibility rescues width:800;;height:600
  • Big truck! width:800;;height:600
  • Sea spider width:800;;height:654
  • Trematomus width:800;;height:495
  • Sunset over the mainland width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Discovery width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Discovery width:800;;height:600
  • Jim driving a Pisten Bully width:800;;height:600
  • Our Pisten Bully width:800;;height:600
  • Sea sponge with glass spikes width:800;;height:600
  • My home away from home! width:599;;height:800
  • Testing SCINI in a tank in the lab width:800;;height:600
  • My dorm width:800;;height:600
  • Drilling a hole to launch SCINI through width:800;;height:600
  • Chopping away... width:599;;height:800
  • The end result.  It's a good thing SCINI is skinny... width:800;;height:600
  • Mattrack - another ice vehicle we used to schlep equipment width:800;;height:466
  • A hut we used to launch SCINI width:800;;height:483
  • McMurdo Station width:800;;height:600
  • SCINI before a dive width:800;;height:630
  • Piloting SCINI width:800;;height:600
  • The SCINI lab width:800;;height:600
  • Rolling Stacy out of the dining hall after a big meal... :-) width:800;;height:658
  • Working on SCINI's instrumentation width:800;;height:600
  • The ever-changing mainland view width:800;;height:490
  • The last sunset of the season. width:800;;height:457
  • Mountains across the sound width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Discovery width:800;;height:600
  • A Weddell seal lounging about. width:800;;height:600
  • Signs of life. width:800;;height:600
  • He doesn't care! width:800;;height:505
  • Dive hut width:800;;height:600
  • Servicing an ice-melting machine at 2:30am width:800;;height:600
  • Servicing an ice-melting machine at 2:30am width:800;;height:600
  • A contraption for keeping the dive hole from freezing over width:599;;height:800
  • It blows warm-ish air onto the ice surface width:800;;height:600
  • The Royal Society Range across the sound width:800;;height:490
  • Mt. Erebus erupting width:800;;height:600
  • McMurdo Station as seen from Observation Hill width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Discovery backlit by sunlight width:800;;height:413
  • Mt. Terror as seen from Observation Hill width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Discovery with a lenticular cloud width:800;;height:600
  • Scott Base - the kiwi research station. width:800;;height:600
  • Pressure ridges seen from Scott Base width:800;;height:611
  • Fata Morgana - optical illusion. width:800;;height:600
  • Fata Morgana - optical illusion. width:800;;height:600
  • SCINI diving at Cape Armitage width:800;;height:600
  • SCINI diving at Cape Armitage width:800;;height:558
  • The SCINI team on Halloween - scary! width:800;;height:600
  • The McMurdo Halloween Party width:800;;height:600
  • The control console for surface air supply diving width:800;;height:600
  • The first stages freeze over due to adiabatic cooling width:800;;height:600
  • A sea ice road leading away from McMurdo width:800;;height:600
  • The entrance to an ice cave found in the Erebus glacier tongue width:800;;height:544
  • Ice cave - with formations that look like stalactites width:800;;height:600
  • Ice cave - with formations that look like stalactites width:800;;height:600
  • Ice cave width:599;;height:800
  • Jim in the depths of an ice cave in a glacier floating on the frozen ocean. width:599;;height:800
  • Ice cave width:800;;height:600
  • Ice cave width:800;;height:600
  • Ice cave width:800;;height:600
  • Ice cave - with formations that look like stalactites width:800;;height:600
  • Scott Hut - where the explorer and his team were marooned width:800;;height:600
  • Scott Hut width:800;;height:600
  • Scott Hut width:800;;height:600
  • Scott Hut - a work table with a dried penguin and a plankton net width:800;;height:600
  • Scott Hut - the provisions were left undisturbed width:800;;height:600
  • Two icebergs stuck in the sea ice width:800;;height:397
  • Memorial left near Scott Hut width:800;;height:600
  • Scott Hut and Barne Glacier width:800;;height:600
  • Barne Glacier width:800;;height:600
  • McMurdo Sound width:800;;height:600
  • Cornice of blown snow next to Scott Hut width:800;;height:600
  • This is the anchor that was left behind when Scott's ship broke free in a storm and left them stranded. width:800;;height:600
  • Iceberg width:800;;height:600
  • Looking down into a crevasse deep enough to fit an unsuspecting explorer. width:800;;height:600
  • Adelie penguins! width:800;;height:565
  • Adelie penguins scooting along on their bellies width:800;;height:518
  • Adelie penguins width:800;;height:600
  • Iceberg width:800;;height:600
  • Iceberg width:800;;height:600
  • An iceberg.  Looks cold, eh? width:800;;height:600
  • Jim next to an iceberg width:800;;height:600
  • Standing on the frozen ocean width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Erebus width:800;;height:600
  • The snout of a seal poking up through an airhole! width:800;;height:646
  • A picture of the dorms just around midnight. width:800;;height:600
  • Bus on steroids! width:800;;height:600
  • The team getting ready for an expedition to Cape Royds width:800;;height:600
  • Taking the ice road to Cape Royds width:800;;height:518
  • A view of erupting Mt. Erebus from my snowmobile width:800;;height:600
  • A lone penguin on some inexplicable mission... width:800;;height:560
  • An iceberg in McMurdo Sound width:800;;height:453
  • Barne Glacier width:800;;height:600
  • Barne Glacier with Mt. Erebus erupting in the background width:800;;height:600
  • Barne Glacier width:800;;height:600
  • Jim in front of Barne Glacier width:599;;height:800
  • Jim in front of Barne Glacier width:599;;height:800
  • Shackelton's Hut width:800;;height:600
  • Adelie penguin width:800;;height:591
  • Adelie penguin width:800;;height:578
  • Adelie penguin width:800;;height:523
  • Adelie penguin rookery at Cape Royds width:800;;height:600
  • Adelie penguins width:800;;height:600
  • The Royal Society Range as seen from Cape Royds width:800;;height:600
  • Heading for the rookery! width:800;;height:519
  • Looking towards open ocean width:800;;height:600
  • The penguins walk up the hill then slide back down! width:800;;height:600
  • The SCINI camera system width:599;;height:800
  • Boarding a chopper for the mainland width:800;;height:600
  • McMurdo Station seen from the air width:800;;height:470
  • Heading for the mainland width:800;;height:600
  • Ice bergs stuck in the sea ice width:800;;height:385
  • A huge crack in the sea ice width:800;;height:600
  • Our dive site at New Harbor width:800;;height:600
  • New Harbor - on the Antarctic mainland width:800;;height:600
  • New Harbor width:800;;height:600
  • Looking back at Mt. Erebus from New Harbor width:800;;height:600
  • New Harbor width:800;;height:600
  • Interesting cracks in the sea ice width:800;;height:600
  • New Harbor - mountains on the mainland width:800;;height:600
  • Bubbles in the ice width:800;;height:600
  • Strange looking ice ridges width:800;;height:600
  • Several boxes of explosives and detonators - used for blowing dive holes in the ice width:800;;height:681
  • Interesting table-like ice formations width:800;;height:600
  • Our dive hole at New Harbor width:800;;height:600
  • Our ride back to McMurdo width:800;;height:600
  • New Harbor seen from the air width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Erebus width:800;;height:492
  • The ice in front of McMurdo width:800;;height:600
  • My C-17 ride back to New Zealand width:800;;height:600
  • Mt. Erebus shrouded in clouds width:800;;height:600
  • Breaking sea ice seen from the C-17 window width:800;;height:600
  • A mainland Antarctic glacier width:800;;height:600
  • The C-17 ride back was almost empty! width:800;;height:600
  • Christchurch, New Zealand width:800;;height:600
  • Auckland, New Zealand width:800;;height:600
  • Auckland, New Zealand width:800;;height:720
  • Auckland, New Zealand width:800;;height:443
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