Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Summer ended. At 0235 on 14 February, the last flight of the season departed. There was a spectacular flyover watched by many of the 47 winterovers who worked the flight or otherwise stayed up late.
The dome is gone. And the most comprehensive web collection of dome deconstruction photos is here...and I do have more summer construction pics. Stay tuned. But I HAVE updated the news and links pages, check them out for the latest stuff!
Boating season at McMurdo is over...the icebreaker Oden has cleared the channel, the tanker Paul Buck has come and gone (that vessel is being retired after this season), and the cargo vessel American Tern has also completed its visit.
Significant updates in the Antarctic support contract rebid process in the past few weeks...not much new hard info, just updates!
12 November 2009 marked the 40th anniversary of the first time women set foot at the South Pole. This was marked by massive Antarctic Sun coverage as well as a group photo of women on station. Here.
Media alert...Bill Spindler was interviewed on in early November by a New York Times science reporter about the upcoming dome demolition...the article is still up although the dome is decidedly not.
Satellite update...TDRS-1 failed at the end of the 2009 winter, the last day of service was 21 October 2009. Other satellites were moved around...who knows what GOES around...(my satcom info page)
The message boards are still around...stop by the new home of Mike Poole's Antarctic Memories, which now includes the archives of Glenn Grant's Iceboard. If you have questions or problems with this excellent resource...the best place for info on jobs and life on the ice, ask me for help!
My second winter was in 2005 as the Title II Inspector (huh, what's that?)...and stayed on for a month after the 21 October station opening until the summer person showed up. I returned to the US on 21 January after 2 months in NZ/OZ. Hopefully before I left I wasn't too toasty to write a feature article for the 30 October 2005 Antarctic Sun..... Read it for yourself and decide...
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