Antarctic Field Season 2 Images

2005-06 Second Antarctic Field Season

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We are "Bravo 2-6-8" and this is an account of our second season in the field. All photos are by team members unless otherwise noted. Double-click any image and view it in full size mode.

Day-in-the-life images:

Entering the passenger terminal in Christchurch, dressed in our ECW gear.

New C-17 for our flight...

...which comes complete with real seats!!!

Arrival in McMurdo, landing on the Ross Ice Shelf.

Lake Bonney shoreline from the air.

South shore of East Lobe of Lake Bonney.	Sout shore of Lake Bonney, - stone pavement on shore sediments.	Evaporation pans set up at Lake Bonney Camp.
Lake Joyce ice cover.	Lake Bonney shoreline. Precip collector was on dry shore last season.	Lake Joyce ice cover.
Lake Joyce ice cover against the sky.	Lake Joyce wetted margin, from the lake ice surface.	North shore of Lake Joyce, Taylor Gl. at top of image.
Jeb learns to run levels at our lower Onyx River site.	B&W image- clouds creeping up the Asgard Range.	Brad, Lydia, Melissa on our hike over the Canada Gl.

Geological processes occur slowling in the Dry Valleys, yet there is ample evidence for strong legacies of geologic influence across this landscape. Many of the rocks and boulders on the valley floor show significant signs of wear and weathering.

Ventifact rock, victim of cavernous weathering.	Strata...	Split in the Lake Fryxell basin.	Puzzle rock.
Bulbus boulder in the Bonney basin.	Fin of a rock, left to finish weathering in the wind.	Bulbus boulder in the Bonney basin.	Weathered boulder in the Bonney basin.

And then of course, there's life down here as well... We were visited in the field by no less than 11 US Congressional Representatives and 3 Senators, the Undersecretary of the Air Force, as well as the Director of the US Geological Survey.

Visit from Sens. McCain, Senunu, and Collins, Rep. Boehtlert, Assistant Director of the NSF Olsen, and the Undersecretary of Air Force.

Rep. Gingrey (GA) and Mike pose at the base of the Canada Glacier.

Rep. Hooley (OR) and a constituent, Hassan, who works on the LTER project.

Director of the US Geological Survey, Pat Leahy at the Vanda gauge on the Onyx R.

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