The aerial photos on these three pages were taken between 24 and 29 January 2005 by Forest Banks (FB), Bill Henriksen (WNH), and Scot Jackson (SJ). Many of them can be found in the USAP photo library. |
![the spread the spread](northeastsj2.jpg) South Pole Station, looking northeast (SJ) |
![Vostok 800 miles Vostok 800 miles](eastsj2.jpg) Swinging around...looking east (FB) |
![run way run way](southfb2.jpg) Looking back towards MacTown...the IceCube work area is prominent in the foreground (FB) |
![holey ice holey ice](downwindsj2.jpg) Directly above the upwind end of the skiway (SJ) |
![el station ahead el station ahead](closerwnh2.jpg) Heading closer to the elevated station (WNH) |
![homing on home homing on home](closerfb2.jpg) ...and closer... (FB) |
![siding inspection siding inspection](facadewnh2.jpg) Almost close enough to see what's for dinner (WNH) |
![landing not landing not](almostdownwnh2.jpg) No, he didn't fly under the station, really! (WNH) |
![dome down dome down](overdomesj2.jpg) On around, over the dome (SJ) |
![destination zulu? destination zulu?](overarcheswnh2.jpg) ...and around back (WNH) |
![before b4 before b4](b4wnh2.jpg) Behind the freshly erected wing B4 (full size) (2mb) (WNH) |
![loading zone loading zone](b4cornerwnh2.jpg) Around a bit more and further up, the pax terminal is visible in this view (WNH) |
![stairway to...? stairway to...?](watcherwnh2.jpg) Back on the skiway side. This photo appeared on the Pole intranet home page during the 2005 winter (WNH) |
![hot corner hot corner](socwnh2.jpg) Back around again...the windows on the closest corner are the new Station Operations Center (SOC), which will replace the old comms under the dome (WNH) |