 | Antarctica! |
 | Antarctica! |
 | Antarctica! |
 | One more shot of the cargo. |
 | Ice floes. |
 | The moon over the ice. |
 | Waiting to disembark after landing. |
 | Disembarking at the Ice Runway. |
 | "Ivan" the Terra Bus. |
 | More people deplaning. |
 | First impressions of the landscape: snow, rock, sky. |
 | Vehicles waiting to unload the plane. |
 | A converted truck. There's a few of these around. |
 | After all the passengers are out of the way, the real work can begin: unloading the cargo. |
 | A LC-130 "Hercules" waits beyond the C-17. |
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(4067x1265, 2944.89 kb) A view of the ice runway just before departing for the town.
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 | A jack-o-lantern trailer. How appropriate. |
 | Unloading the 17. |
 | Last look at the 17 as we head into town. |
 | Welcome to McMurdo Station. |
 | The outskirts of town. |
 | The buildings of McMurdo. |
 | The buildings of McMurdo. |
 | The buildings of McMurdo. The brown buildings that look like dorms are, in fact, dorms. |
 | Waiting for a delta to go by in downtown McMurdo. |
 | The Chalet. |
 | Unloading Ivan. Remember, it's Halloween; the driver doesn't always dress like that. |
 | View of the Ice Runway from the Chalet. |
 | Flags at the Chalet. |
 | The Arrival Brief. |
 | The two waves meet. |
 | The view from the end of the hall in my dorm looking over the ice. |
 | An officially embossed copy of Webster's owned by the US Government. |