My Trip to Antarctica Dec. 2002
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UTMB, Raytheon Polar Services, National Science Foundation made my trip possible. |
Christchruch NZ, Cathedral |
The Avon River |
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Clothing Issue Station, NZ Airport |
NZ KIWI's loading for McMurdo |
The C-130 Flight was.......fun. |
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Ivan the Terra Bus at the Ice Runway, McMurdo Station |
The National Science Foundation Antarctica |
McMurdo Station looking across the Ross Ice Shelf |
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McMurdo the Town |
Rightmost view of McMurdo |
Observation Hill |
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Mt. Erebus 12,248' Volcano |
McMurdo Dining Hall |
Taxi Service |
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Ice Research Station #6 |
Antarctic Cod one of 15 that day |
McMurdo General Hospital |
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Typical Clinic Room |
Local Coastal Residents |
Scott's Hut at McMurdo Sound |
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Blubber Stove with meat left from early 1900's |
Scott's Hut Supplies |
US Air Force C-130 Ready for our flight from McMurdo to South Pole Station |
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The Dome at theSouth Pole |
Tunnel Entry |
Tunnel Covered in Ice |
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The Hospital is inside of this walk-in cooler |
2 Miles from the station is this antenna. It is summer -37 F wind chill is -70 F |
Dining hall at South Pole Station |
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Geographic South Pole...this is where all of the lines come together |
2" of Powder Snow and 10,000 feet of ice below...a moment I will treasure forever |
The New South Pole Station |
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My thanks to Dr. Ron Shemenski, RPSC; Dr. Ben Raimer, UTMB; Jeanette Heartshorn, Director, Telehealth Center UTMB and to Steven Viegas, M.D. who was my traveling partner and to all of those who touched my life during our stay on "The ICE". | ![]() |
True Texans at Heart |
True to our work at The University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) |
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