Enjoying the Dux de Lux in Christchurch with Dr. Diana Wall and Dr. Byron Adams
Hercules (LC-130) flight.
Arrival in Antarctica!
Ivan the Terra Bus takes us to McMurdo from the ice runway.
Turns out stuff for 7 people takes up a lot of space!
We're flying today!
Ken & Melissa on the helo.
Lydia on the helo.
Mike on the helo...
These helo rides make Dr. Barrett sleepy...
Arrival in camp, Mike strikes a pose.
First day in camp is a nice one.
View of Lk Fryxell and Commonwealth Gl from helo (with dirty windows and a lot of glare!)
Lk Fryxell overview, looking N. Note the substantial wetted zones.
Lk Fryxell wetted zone, north shore. (Howard Gl in background)
Ken & Melissa assemble thermocouple strings in the Lk Fryxell camp electronics lab.
Ken is connecting thermocouples to a datalogger system.
Brad filters soil extract samples in the main Lk Fryxell camp jamesway.
Hike to Lk Hoare camp for shower day, next to the Canada Gl.
On our way back over the Canada Gl. toward Lk Fryxell camp. We were all so clean once...
Group pic on the Canada Gl with Mt. Erebus in the background.
Shadow self-portrait.
Ablation stake used by LTER glaciologists to measure change of glacier snow/ice.
Melissa & Lydia hiking in the midnight sun.
Before showering at Lk Hoare camp...
...and after showering at Lk Hoare camp.
Kiwi hut near Upper Onyx River plot.
Patterned ground, Lk Fryxell, and the Canada Gl.
A Bell 212 helicopter is very useful for getting big or heavy loads from place to place.
Hiking up Delta Stream to find a study site. Steep banks here.
Hughes Gl above the east lobe of Lk Bonney.
Blood Falls on the north side of the terminus of the Taylor Gl into the west end of Lk Bonney.
Intriguing candle ice in the moat of Lk Bonney.
Mike & Lydia head back to McMurdo with so much stuff it didn't all fit!