![Click to enlarge](img/th_5112.jpg) | Antarctica! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5113.jpg) | Antarctica! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5114.jpg) | Antarctica! |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5115.jpg) | One more shot of the cargo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5116.jpg) | Ice floes. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5117.jpg) | The moon over the ice. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5118.jpg) | Waiting to disembark after landing. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5119.jpg) | Disembarking at the Ice Runway. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5120.jpg) | "Ivan" the Terra Bus. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5121.jpg) | More people deplaning. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5122.jpg) | First impressions of the landscape: snow, rock, sky. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5123.jpg) | Vehicles waiting to unload the plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5124.jpg) | A converted truck. There's a few of these around. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5125.jpg) | After all the passengers are out of the way, the real work can begin: unloading the cargo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5126.jpg) | 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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![Click to enlarge](img/th_5130.jpg) | A jack-o-lantern trailer. How appropriate. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5131.jpg) | Unloading the 17. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5132.jpg) | Last look at the 17 as we head into town. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5133.jpg) | Welcome to McMurdo Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5135.jpg) | The outskirts of town. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5136.jpg) | The buildings of McMurdo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5137.jpg) | The buildings of McMurdo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5138.jpg) | The buildings of McMurdo. The brown buildings that look like dorms are, in fact, dorms. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5139.jpg) | Waiting for a delta to go by in downtown McMurdo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5140.jpg) | The Chalet. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5141.jpg) | Unloading Ivan. Remember, it's Halloween; the driver doesn't always dress like that. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5142.jpg) | View of the Ice Runway from the Chalet. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5143.jpg) | Flags at the Chalet. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5144.jpg) | The Arrival Brief. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5145.jpg) | The two waves meet. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5146.jpg) | The view from the end of the hall in my dorm looking over the ice. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_5150.jpg) | An officially embossed copy of Webster's owned by the US Government. |