October, 2010....J.
Dana Hrubes...updated October 31, 2010 , 1800 GMT
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The first aircraft in almost 9 months: a ski-equipped Basler BT-67, a converted Douglas C-47 (DC-3)
October is the month when first aircraft
arrives after almost 9 months. It is also the month when all of the
winterovers finish up end of year tasks and start packing up for thier
departure in mid-November. The first aircraft to land at the Pole in over 8 months was a ski-equipped
Basler BT-67, a converted Douglas C-47 (DC-3), that had flown from
Canada to Chile and then through the British Rothera Station on the
Antarcic peninsula.
Basler landing at the geographic south pole
The stark beauty of the high Antarctic plateau at the geographic South Pole
Now that the sun is up we can appreciate the stark beauty of the high
Antarctic plateau and feel the how isolated we have been for almost a
year.
sastrugi to nowhere
Out in the middle of nowhere
We are wrapping up highly successful observing year with South Pole
Telescope. We made a few newpapers recently with our discovery of one
of the largest galaxy clusters ever found at high redshift, meaning it
is a very old cluster.
http://news.discovery.com/space/galaxy-cluster-universe.html
http://www.sciencecodex.com/ghosts_of_the_future
http://arxiv.org/abs/1006.5639
Next Month - Arrive in Christchurch
Next installment: February 28, 2011
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