 | Colin and Grant work on the waveplate. |
 | As I've said: most visited web page. |
 | Jamie removes K2's Helium fridges. |
 | Heat strapping. |
 | The AST/RO hut has been replaced by a shed. Also, the IceCube flag has been re-erected. |
 | Herc on deck. |
 | Walking out to Peligroso to bid Walt farewell. |
 | This is an attempt to demonstrate how loud LC-130s are. |
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(12325x2149, 3645.44 kb) Arrivals and departures at the flight terminal (aka Peligroso).
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 | Walt shows off his SPT shirt. |
 | Waiting for departure. |
 | IceCube group shot. About 30 IceCubers left, putting a big dent in Station population. |
 | IceCube group shot. |
 | Lunch! |
 | The snow barrier they built in front of Destination Alpha over the past few days is almost gone. Where does it go? I don't know, but I suggested they retro it all to McMurdo, which could use more snow. |
 | Getting a ride to MAPO on the shuttle. |
 | Another shot of the remnants of AST/RO. |
 | The tourist camp in the distance. |
 | The DASI mount (containing Keck). |
 | Helium fridge bracket. |
 | K2s helium fridges. There is one helium-4 fridges (left) and two helium-3 fridge (centre and right). |
 | The stripped cold plate. |
 | The most dangerous game: Colin solders near the cryostat. |
 | Jamie re-assembles K2's helium fridges. |
 | Jon inspects the half wave plate |
 | Colin and Grant work on the half wave plate warm electronics. |
 | Carbon fibre standoffs. These one's hold the focal plane. |
 | Old-school LeCroy analog electronics. In case you care, from left: two dual gate generators, a fan-in/fan-out, a coincidence unit, a level translator and, finally, two quad discriminators (one of which is upside-down). |
 | Closing up K1. |
 | Closing up K1. |
 | K2's cold stage re-assembled. |
 | Sarah and Colin cable K1 for close-out. |
 | Sarah and Colin cable K1 for close-out. |
 | Justus tests the new chopper he made. |
 | Heat strap installed. |
 | Colin with the feedthrough plate, the final piece of the K1 cryostat. |
 | Final close-out. |
 | K1 closed, finally. |
 | Snow shoving continues. |