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  • One of the first photos I took at South Pole was out my dorm window after arrival. The flag on the left marks the geographic South Pole, the structure on the right is part of the South Pole SuperDARN antenna array. All the small flags mark safe routes when visibility is low, and no-go zones. And yeah, that wind is blowing hard.
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  • View out my dorm window at South Pole Station. To the left of the flag is the geographic South Pole, the structure on the right is part of the South Pole SuperDARN antenna array. The small flags mark safe routes when visibility is low, and no-go zones. And yes, that wind is blowing hard.
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  • View out my dorm window at South Pole Station. To the left of the flag is the geographic South Pole, the structure on the right is part of the South Pole SuperDARN antenna array. The small flags mark safe routes when visibility is low, and no-go zones. And yes, that wind is blowing hard.
    066_7R306739.jpg
  • Ceremonial South Pole with the flags of the original signatories of the Antarctic Treaty flying. And a Scott tent, which is not something you would normally see set up next to the ceremonial Pole (the actual geographic South Pole is a couple hundred yeards away). A few hearty Polies camped out for the night. With 4 people in the tent they said it was reasonably warm, as high as zero F in the tent.
    052_7R306713.jpg
  • Ceremonial South Pole with the flags of the original signatories of the Antarctic Treaty flying. And a Scott tent, which is not something you would normally see set up next to the ceremonial Pole (the actual geographic South Pole is a couple hundred yeards away). A few hearty Polies camped out for the night. With 4 people in the tent they said it was reasonably warm, as high as zero F in the tent.
    049_7R306713.jpg
  • The South Pole Telescope an be put into a parked position over the lab, and trap doors opened to allow maintenance of the telescope. This view looks up into the receiver cabin of the South Pole Telescope
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  • South Pole Backyard from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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  • The Dark Sector Lab a half kilometer walk from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The Dark Sector Lab  houses the South Pole Telescope (left) and the BICEP3 Telescope.
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  • The Dark Sector Lab a half kilometer walk from the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. The Dark Sector Lab  houses the South Pole Telescope (left) and the BICEP3 Telescope.
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  • Carved into the walls of the utility tunnels below the South Pole are niches that contain artworks created by Polies. This one is titled  Buzz Aldrin's Tissue. Buzz visited the South Pole in 2016, but had difficulty adjusting to the altitude and had to be medivaced back to McMurdo, and on to New Zealand. Apparently Buzz sneezed into a tissue while here, which was reverently saved, and is now the centerpiece of the Buzz Aldrin Tissue shrine.
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  • Carved into the walls of the utility tunnels below the South Pole are niches that contain artworks created by Polies. This one is titled  Buzz Aldrin's Tissue. Buzz visited the South Pole in 2016, but had difficulty adjusting to the altitude and had to be medivaced back to McMurdo, and on to New Zealand. Apparently Buzz sneezed into a tissue while here, which was reverently saved, and is now the centerpiece of the Buzz Aldrin Tissue shrine.
    041_7R306422.jpg
  • South Pole Backyard from Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
    029_7R306846.jpg
  • The South Pole Telescope an be put into a parked position over the lab, and trap doors opened to allow maintenance of the telescope. This view looks up into the receiver cabin of the South Pole Telescope
    017_7R306666.jpg
  • Adrift on a frozen sea of ice atop the Dark Sector Lab, South Pole. The ice is about 9,000 ft thick at the Pole, and it’s slowly moving toward the ocean 800+ miles away at about 1 inch per day.
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  • Adrift on a frozen sea of ice atop the Dark Sector Lab, South Pole. The ice is about 9,000 ft thick at the Pole, and it’s slowly moving toward the ocean 800+ miles away at about 1 inch per day.
    018_7R306323-Edit.jpg
  • Ceremonial South Pole with the flags of the original signatories of the Antarctic Treaty flying. And a Scott tent, which is not something you would normally see set up at the Pole. A few hearty Polies camped out for the night. With 4 people in the tent they said it was reasonably warm, as high as zero in the tent.
    048_7R306713.jpg
  • Adrift on a frozen sea of ice atop the Dark Sector Lab, South Pole. The ice is about 9,000 ft thick at the Pole, and it’s slowly moving toward the ocean 800+ miles away at about 1 inch per day.
    035_7R306323-Edit.jpg
  • South Pole Station on walk back from IceCube Lab
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  • South Pole Telescope from a window in the Dark Sector Lab.
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  • Inside the IceCube Laboratory at the South Pole.  There are over 5400 sensors in total looking for light stemming from high-energy particles created from cosmic ray or neutrino interactions.  Some of the cables, one for each light sensor, that feed data to a central computer are visible in this picture.  The IceCube observatory is remarkably robust, taking data with 99.9% uptime.  Occasionally, something does need maintenance or repair.  That means a trip of about 800 meters from the station to the IceCube Laboratory to track down the component that needs attention.
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  • IceCube Laboratory, photographed from the roof of the Dark Sector lab, South Pole. The Lab is framed by a sun halo produced by sunlight streaming through ice crystals suspended in the air. The IceCube Laboratory is the operations center for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
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  • Boarding an LC-130, with engines running, at the South Pole for the flight to McMurdo Station on the coast of Antarctica about 800 miles away.
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  • LC-130 South Pole flight
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  • IceCube Laboratory, photographed from the roof of the Dark Sector lab, South Pole. The Lab is framed by a sun halo produced by sunlight streaming through ice crystals suspended in the air. The IceCube Laboratory is the operations center for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.
    001__7R35531.jpg
  • The Dark Sector Laboratory, which houses the South Pole Telescope (left), and the BICEP3 telescope, both are imaging the CMB, cosmic microwave background.
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  • Inside the Dark Sector Lab, computers and control hardware for the South Pole telescope
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  • South Pole Telescope from a window in the Dark Sector Lab.
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  • SuperDARN antenna array getting buried by the incessant drifting snow, South Pole Station in the distance.
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  • Logistics Arch, in the ice at the South Pole Station. These spaces are at a constant temperature of the surrounding ice, -49 C (-57 F). The arch was originally built at the surface level, but snow accumulation, primarily from drifting snow, has buried the arch, causing concerns for the structural integrity of these storage and work spaces.
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  • The Backyard at the South Pole. General storage place and location of carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other trade shops in these and other Quonset huts.
    053_7R306903.jpg
  • Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station on walk back from IceCube Lab
    010_7R306882.jpg
  • The Dark Sector Laboratory, which houses the South Pole Telescope (left), and the BICEP3 telescope, both are imaging the CMB, cosmic microwave background.
    012__7R35422.jpg
  • Mountain flow, on flight from the South Pole to McMurdo Station
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  • Boarding an LC-130, with engines running, at the South Pole for the flight to McMurdo Station on the coast of Antarctica about 800 miles away.
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  • A chilly selfie at the South “Pole”
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  • South Pole gravity station
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  • Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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  • The South Pole Telescope and the vast Polar Plateau beyond.
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  • TransAntarctic Mountains on flight to the South Pole.
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  • View from the flight deck of a LC-130 on froght from the South Pole
    067_7R307127.jpg
  • In the utility ice tunnels at South Pole is this spiral stair covered in ice crystals that leads up to the surface about 70 feet above. It's a strange site from above too, a tube with a door standing away from other structures out on the Ice.
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  • Shaun O'Boyle (that's me) at the geographic South Pole
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  • The geographic South Pole, southernmost point on earth, where every direction is North, where you can walk around that sign and walk through all 24 time zones,  the ultimate goal of early expeditions to Antarctica. With fuel tanks.
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  • The 10 meter South Pole Telescope during scheduled maintenance. Greasing the gears.
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  • Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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  • The Backyard at the South Pole. General storage place and location of carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other trade shops in these and other Quonset huts.
    035_7R306903.jpg
  • The 10 meter South Pole Telescope during scheduled maintenance. Greasing the gears.
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  • Air sampling tower at NOAA's Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) at the South Pole. The ARO sits at the edge of the Clean Air Sector which has the cleanest air on Earth.
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  • SuperDARN antenna array and South Pole Station
    019__7R35632.jpg
  • Sun halo framing the South Pole Telescope
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  • LC130 flight to the South Pole
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  • LC-130 South Pole flight
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  • View from the flight deck of a LC-130 on froght from the South Pole
    071_7R307127.jpg
  • South Pole landscape (icescape)
    067_7R306797.jpg
  • Shaun O'Boyle (that's me) at the geographic South Pole
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  • NOAA’s Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) a 15 minute walk from the South Pole Station. The building is on the edge of the Clean Air Sector, where prevailing winds come from over 90% of the time. This sector extends 150 kilometers from the far side of the Observatory and is a no-go zone from which the ARO samples the cleanest air on earth.
    049_7R306038.jpg
  • About 1/2 million gallons of fuel stored at the South Pole for use during the 8 month winter when the station is isolated from the rest of civalization
    046_7R306471-Pano.jpg
  • Logistics Arch, in the ice at the South Pole Station. These spaces are at a constant temperature of the surrounding ice, -49 C (-57 F). The arch was originally built at the surface level, but snow accumulation, primarily from drifting snow, has buried the arch, causing concerns for the structural integrity of these storage and work spaces.
    037_7R306490.jpg
  • Garage Shops Archway, where mechanics repair and maintain vehicles used at South Pole Station.
    035_7R306902.jpg
  • Sun halo caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere at the South Pole
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  • Amy Lowitz giving us a detailed view of the South Pole Telescope.
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  • The 10 meter South Pole Telescope during scheduled maintenance. Greasing the gears.
    015_7R306581.jpg
  • Outhouse, South Pole
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  • NOAA’s Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) a 15 minute walk from the South Pole Station. The building is on the edge of the Clean Air Sector, where prevailing winds come from over 90% of the time. This sector extends 150 kilometers from the far side of the Observatory and is a no-go zone from which the ARO samples the cleanest air on earth.
    046_7R306038.jpg
  • A chilly selfie at the South “Pole”
    050_7R306112.jpg
  • Inside the IceCube Laboratory at the South Pole.  There are over 5400 sensors in total looking for light stemming from high-energy particles created from cosmic ray or neutrino interactions.  Some of the cables, one for each light sensor, that feed data to a central computer are visible in this picture.  The IceCube observatory is remarkably robust, taking data with 99.9% uptime.  Occasionally, something does need maintenance or repair.  That means a trip of about 800 meters from the station to the IceCube Laboratory to track down the component that needs attention.
    003__7R35119.jpg
  • Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the distance during the 1 kilometer walk from IceCube Laboratory.
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  • The South Pole Telescope and the vast Polar Plateau beyond.
    013__7R35510.jpg
  • Sugar Shack, Backyard, South Pole Station
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  • Utility tunnels 60 to 70 feet under the ice, South Pole Station. These tunnels are at a constant temperature of the surrounding ice, -49 C (-57 F).
    040_7R306425.jpg
  • South Pole Station on walk back from IceCube Lab
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  • Dark Sector Lab, Bicep3 and South Pole telescopes
    046_7R306514.jpg
  • South Pole relief station
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  • About 1/2 million gallons of fuel stored at the South Pole for use during the 9 month long winter when the station is isolated from the rest of civalization
    043_7R306471-Pano.jpg
  • At the end of the utility ice tunnels at South Pole is this spiral stair covered in ice crystals that leads up to the surface about 70 feet above. It's a strange site from above too, a tube with a door sitting out on the Ice.
    042_7R306465.jpg
  • Carved into the walls of the tunnels are niches that contain artworks created by winterovers. My favorite one is Buzz Aldrin's Tissue. Buzz came to the South Pole but had a difficult time with the altitude and had to be medivaced back to McMurdo. Apparently he sneezed into a tissue while here, which was reverently saved, and is now the centerpiece of the Buzz Aldrin Tissue shrine.
    037_7R306422.jpg
  • Electrical Shop, Backyard, South Pole Station
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  • Sugar Shack, Backyard, South Pole Station
    021__7R35688.jpg
  • South Pole Station main entrance
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  • Outhouse, South Pole
    068_7R306504.jpg
  • The geographic South Pole, southernmost point on earth, where every direction is North, where you can walk around that sign and walk through all 24 time zones,  the ultimate goal of early expeditions to Antarctica. With fuel tanks.
    055_7R306058.jpg
  • Air sampling tower at NOAA's Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) at the South Pole. The ARO sits at the edge of the Clean Air Sector which has the cleanest air on Earth.
    051__7R35933.jpg
  • Utility tunnels 60 to 70 feet under the ice, South Pole Station. These tunnels are at a constant temperature of the surrounding ice, -49 C (-57 F).
    040_7R306425.jpg
  • The Backyard at the South Pole. General storage place and location of carpenters, electricians, plumbers and other trade shops in these and other Quonset huts.
    036_7R306903.jpg
  • Sugar Shack, Backyard, South Pole Station
    033__7R35688.jpg
  • SuperDARN antenna array getting buried by the incessant drifting snow, South Pole Station in the distance.
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  • Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in the distance during the 1 kilometer walk from IceCube Laboratory.
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  • IceCube Laboratory as seen on approach when walking the 1 kilometer from the South Pole Station
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  • South Pole landscape (icescape)
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  • Flight deck of the LC-130 for flight from the South Pole to McMurdo Station
    066_7R307137.jpg
  • Mountain flow, on flight from the South Pole to McMurdo Station
    069_7R307106.jpg
  • Air sampling tower at NOAA's Atmospheric Research Observatory (ARO) at the South Pole. The ARO sits at the edge of the Clean Air Sector which has the cleanest air on Earth.
    048__7R35933.jpg
  • Garage Shops Archway, where mechanics repair and maintain vehicles used at South Pole Station.
    034_7R306902.jpg
  • About 1/2 million gallons of fuel stored at the South Pole for use during the 8 month winter when the station is isolated from the rest of civalization
    043_7R306471-Pano.jpg
  • The Dark Sector Lab with the South Pole Telescope on left and BICEP3 on the right.
    014__7R35422.jpg
  • TransAntarctic Mountains on flight to the South Pole.
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  • Passing over the TransAntarctic Mountains on flight to the South Pole.
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  • Flight deck of the LC-130 for flight from the South Pole to McMurdo Station
    070_7R307137.jpg
  • In the utility ice tunnels at South Pole is this spiral stair covered in ice crystals that leads up to the surface about 70 feet above. It's a strange site from above too, a tube with a door standing away from other structures out on the Ice.
    047_7R306465.jpg
  • LC130 flight to the South Pole
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