Antarctica 2000/2001

This was my second trip to Antarctica, after being there for the 1998/99 season. I went back with the same project but with all new people, and to a different site. Not that you can tell one cold white perfectly flat place from another.

This our group from the 00/01 season, standing in front of the Jamesway the day of our departure at the end of the season.
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adeli1.jpg These are all terribly out of order, but these next few were taken not at our field camp, but during our time in and around McMurdo.

Adeli penguins live in a continent with very little stuff. No flowers, plants, trees, very few animals, hills, rocks, anything. So they're insanely curious about people in big red coats.
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adeli3.jpg And so they'll just walk right up to you, sqawking.

I have a ton of penguin pictures
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adeli5.jpg I'm rather proud of this one, though.

We had 8 drillers, like me, five of whom were females. L to R, Regina, Shul, Michelle, and Kate.
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dsc01493.jpg Some of our crew sitting in the coffeehousein McMurdo, cleaning out the base's supply of Bailey's. Yes, I have no hair.

Being transported to the plane on our way out
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hermann_hole.jpg Our PI, Hermann Englehardt, in a 1200 meter deep borehole.

The Coastguard icebreaker the Polar Star, cutting a channel into McMurdo
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matt_bald.jpg One of the first things I did in McMurdo was shave my head bald. Now I know I look terrible bald, and won't repeat the experience. Never know til you try.

After shaving it bald, I stopped shaving for the rest of the season.
matt_beard1.jpg
matt_beard2.jpg Ice tends to build up in the beard when you're sitting in a 40 C hottub in -20 C weather.

One of the early explorer's huts, at the base of Mt. Erebus.
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royds2.jpg Michelle and Hermann near McMurdo (you can tell because there's topography in the background).

Weddell seals have evolved in the absence of humans, and therefor have no fear of people. You can walk right up to them, though there's an international treaty against bothering them.
seal.jpg
skiing.jpg Waterskiing on xcountry skiis behind a snowmobile at the field site. You can see camp in the distance

sundog.jpg Sundogs are like points of a rainbow that form around the sun when the conditions are right. They're formed by refraction through hexagonal ice crystals in the atmosphere, and always come in pairs, one on each side of the sun. The odd shaped shed in foreground is the outhouse, and you can see the remains of my collapsed igloo at back left.

This was my second trip to Antarctica, after being there for the 1998/99 season. I went back with the same project but with all new people, and to a different site. Not that you can tell one cold white perfectly flat place from another.
This our group from the 00/01 season, standing in front of the Jamesway the day of our departure at the end of the season.	2000_group.jpg	adeli1.jpg	These are all terribly out of order, but these next few were taken not at our field camp, but during our time in and around McMurdo.
Adeli penguins live in a continent with very little stuff. No flowers, plants, trees, very few animals, hills, rocks, anything. So they're insanely curious about people in big red coats.	adeli2.jpg	adeli3.jpg	And so they'll just walk right up to you, sqawking.
I have a ton of penguin pictures	adeli4.jpg	adeli5.jpg	I'm rather proud of this one, though.
We had 8 drillers, like me, five of whom were females. L to R, Regina, Shul, Michelle, and Kate.	ant_girls.jpg	dsc01493.jpg	Some of our crew sitting in the coffeehousein McMurdo, cleaning out the base's supply of Bailey's. Yes, I have no hair.
Being transported to the plane on our way out	dsc01518.jpg	hermann_hole.jpg	Our PI, Hermann Englehardt, in a 1200 meter deep borehole.
The Coastguard icebreaker the Polar Star, cutting a channel into McMurdo	icebreaker.jpg	matt_bald.jpg	One of the first things I did in McMurdo was shave my head bald. Now I know I look terrible bald, and won't repeat the experience. Never know til you try.
After shaving it bald, I stopped shaving for the rest of the season.	matt_beard1.jpg	matt_beard2.jpg	Ice tends to build up in the beard when you're sitting in a 40 C hottub in -20 C weather.
One of the early explorer's huts, at the base of Mt. Erebus.	penguin_hut2.jpg	royds2.jpg	Michelle and Hermann near McMurdo (you can tell because there's topography in the background).
Weddell seals have evolved in the absence of humans, and therefor have no fear of people. You can walk right up to them, though there's an international treaty against bothering them.	seal.jpg	skiing.jpg	Waterskiing on xcountry skiis behind a snowmobile at the field site. You can see camp in the distance
	sundog.jpg	Sundogs are like points of a rainbow that form around the sun when the conditions are right. They're formed by refraction through hexagonal ice crystals in the atmosphere, and always come in pairs, one on each side of the sun. The odd shaped shed in foreground is the outhouse, and you can see the remains of my collapsed igloo at back left.