Old South Pole Photos--Collapsing Passageways

[these photos were probably taken during the 1996-97 investigations]

The entrance...not yet buried,



Looking down the entrance shaft...


At the bottom of the shaft, in the vestibule looking down the "holy stairs"


Here is Scotty Smith at the bottom of the stairs.


One of the main passages (hmm, I have a labeled map somewhere, where is it?)


A bit further along...


Some of the steel structure put up west of the galley in 1963-64


Another slightly different view


Closeup of the roof joist connection, this structure is holding up well


One of the side passages...


One of the tunnels with an exposed snow wall


The first of 3 views of the collapsing roof structure...why this place is so dangerous


Another interesting collapse


Another interesting failed joint


The piping used to pump the fuel from the arch bladders to the surface


The met storage area at the east end of the station near the BIT...in addition
to fuel, lots of usable weather balloons were recovered from here...


...along with some timbers, perhaps including these, which were dug out during the 1998-99 season.