![Click to enlarge](img/th_4336.jpg) | BICEP2 over at DSL. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4337.jpg) | Sky-light in MAPO. There was varnishing going on downstairs, and we were starting to get rather mellow, so Chris figured it was a good idea to open the roof hatch to get some ventilation. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4338.jpg) | A BLASTbus crate. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4340.jpg) | Colin, Jamie, Chin-Lin, and Grant work on the focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4341.jpg) | Colin, Jamie, Chin-Lin, and Grant work on the focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4342.jpg) | The table that was being varnished. I guess it's ugly? |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4343.jpg) | From now on, all crates should be triangular. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4344.jpg) | Destination Alpha (that is the main entrance) at the Elevated Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4345.jpg) | Some snow shoving. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4346.jpg) | Another day, another PAX (passenger) flight. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4347.jpg) | Jon (who we had to leave in MacTown for a week) finally arrives. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4348.jpg) | Another shot of BICEP2. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4349.jpg) | Ice mist obscures Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4350.jpg) | An MCE bias card. (I took this picture so I didn't have to remember the revision number. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4351.jpg) | Justus working on BICEP2 over at the Dark Sector Lab (DSL). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4352.jpg) | One of the IceCube strand marker flags. There's nothing for scale, but they're at least two meters tall. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4353.jpg) | Underneath the Elevated Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4354.jpg) | The B-pod cargo doors. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4355.jpg) | The Dark Sector road. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4356.jpg) | The AST/RO hut demolition continues. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4357.jpg) | Cloud break on Wednesday morning. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4359.jpg) | An unusually clean bench. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4360.jpg) | TV in the lab. The screen on the right shows us what's happening to the telescope outside. The colour screen is pointing up at the receiver cabinet to monitor motion. The screen at left, which is off, displays a feed from the star camera. The plots on the computer screen below show movement of the telescope. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4364.jpg) | The ski-way crossing beacon on. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4370.jpg) | There's another Wiebe at Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4371.jpg) | An alarming detour on the way to lunch. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4372.jpg) | Snow berm. |
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(1848x3651, 1068.03 kb) A look into the Viper ground shield.
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![Click to play](img/th_4376.jpg) | Keck TV: telescope scanning. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4378.jpg) | Lifting the 4-Kelvin tube onto the focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4379.jpg) | Lifting the 4-Kelvin tube onto the focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4384.jpg) | Chin-Lin tapes screws. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4385.jpg) | Darren and Steve working on the BLASTbus. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4386.jpg) | Calendar in the lab. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4387.jpg) | Pablo (one of our IT guys) on the only bicycle at South Pole (it's communal). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4388.jpg) | Chris after shaving. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4389.jpg) | Lane talks about the South Pole greenhouse. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4390.jpg) | The snow shover, still doing what it does best. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4391.jpg) | LC-130 taxiing for take-off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4392.jpg) | More snow shoving. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4393.jpg) | Take-off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4395.jpg) | Take-off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4396.jpg) | Take-off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4397.jpg) | Take-off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4401.jpg) | Snow shoving continues. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4402.jpg) | Hauling cargo from the Dark Sector back to Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4403.jpg) | Hauling cargo from the Dark Sector back to Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4404.jpg) | Hauling cargo from the Dark Sector back to Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4405.jpg) | Zak and Jamie prepare some superinsulation. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4406.jpg) | Zak and Jamie prepare some superinsulation. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4408.jpg) | Grant poses with the 4-K stage after installation of superinsulation. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4409.jpg) | Who needs scissors? Jamie uses a soldering iron to cut the excess superinsulation off. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4412.jpg) | One of the titanium boomerangs which separate the stages in the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4413.jpg) | Lifting the insert for installation in the cryostat. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4414.jpg) | Carbon fibre struts, the other piece used to separate stages. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4415.jpg) | Inserting the focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4416.jpg) | Inserting the focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4419.jpg) | Walt in one of the comfy chairs (and the only which has access to an ethernet cable). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4420.jpg) | Still inserting the focal plane. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4421.jpg) | Jamie and Zak secure the insert. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4423.jpg) | Waveplate mechanism #4. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4424.jpg) | Two pulse tube compressors. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4426.jpg) | Waveplate installed in the cryostat. The big milky-white thing on top is a sapphire. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4427.jpg) | Cryostat assembly continues. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4428.jpg) | An attempt at a perpetual calendar. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4429.jpg) | The culmination of a hard day's work of snow shoving. Not quite clear what the goal is here. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4430.jpg) | Snow shoving. |