![Click to enlarge](img/th_4835.jpg) | Decanting liquid nitrogen. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4840.jpg) | K1 with a cold hat (note the frost build-up). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4841.jpg) | Chris sawsalls the cryostat mount. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4842.jpg) | Getting ready to raise the near-field beam mapper. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4843.jpg) | Going up. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4844.jpg) | Going up. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4846.jpg) | Jamie secures the lift. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4848.jpg) | Making adjustments. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4853.jpg) | Beam mapper and cryostat in place. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4854.jpg) | The near-field beam mapper ready for action. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4855.jpg) | Chris under K2. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4856.jpg) | Snow grooming. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4857.jpg) | Snow grooming. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4858.jpg) | Wall-E outside the vehicle shed. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4860.jpg) | Summer camp. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4861.jpg) | Slump. |
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(23893x2233, 7367.68 kb) A 360° panorama taken from Grid South of the Elevated Station. Most of what you
see are storage berms, but we also have, starting from left:
- Spoolhenge, the left-over spools used to ship the the IceCube strands,
stacked up. If you were paying attention during my last trip down here, you've already seen
one of these. They're not small.
- The two blue, semi-circular ski huts towards which Jamie and Sarah are
walking. They're named Fred and Wilma.
- Directly south is the high-frequency antenna field, and then, partially obscured by a berm, the RADOME (radar dome).
- The Elevated Station, at right, with the Jamesways of Summer Camp in front of it.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_4876.jpg) | The ski huts. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4877.jpg) | Ski hut. It's a disused dorm. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4878.jpg) | The view from the back door of the hut. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4879.jpg) | RADOME. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4880.jpg) | The centre of summer camp. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4881.jpg) | The Station from summer camp. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4882.jpg) | Cryogenics facility. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4883.jpg) | Heading back to the Elevated Station. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4884.jpg) | Cryogenics facility. |
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(13515x2403, 4646.91 kb) The two Stations: At left is the Elevated Station where I live, eat and
sometimes work. The cylindrical metal structure on the right end of the
station is the Beer Can. It connects the Elevated Station to the Underground
Station. The two quanset-like buildings you see in the centre, mostly burried
by snow are the entrances to the Underground Station, which are the left-over
parts of 2nd Pole (the "old" station which more people are familiar with: the
one that used to have the geodesic dome). They weren't originally underground,
but have been buried by accumulation since they were first constructed. These
are mostly utility structures and house things like fuel storage, the power
plant, the vehicle shop, &c. At right, past the row of snowmobiles, is the
cryo facility, one of the few outbuilings which remains in use over winter.
It's used to store gasses and liquid cryogens (like liquid helium) for use by
scientists.
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![Click to enlarge](img/th_4891.jpg) | Getting ready for James Brown Bingo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4893.jpg) | Bingo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4895.jpg) | William Wallace, aka James Brown (our head chef), hosts bingo. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4896.jpg) | Practicing for Sastrugi cycling. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4901.jpg) | Jamie make a go for it. The green flag marks the starting line. The poles mark participants' best efforts. As you can see, cycling on Sastrugi is tricky. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4902.jpg) | Dismount. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4903.jpg) | Another attempt. Basically, as soon as you get off the groomed snow, you stop. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4904.jpg) | Pole flag. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4906.jpg) | Chin-Lin competes in the sled pull. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4907.jpg) | Chin-Lin competes in the sled pull. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4909.jpg) | Sled pull. Cricket finishes a stage. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4910.jpg) | The sled loaded up with fifteen batteries (about 975 pounds / 440 kg). |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4911.jpg) | Phil gets ready for a go. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4912.jpg) | Phil pulls fifteen batteries plus Chin-Lin. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4913.jpg) | Phil pulls fifteen batteries plus Chin-Lin. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4916.jpg) | The ECW gear donning event. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4922.jpg) | The ECW gear donning event. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4927.jpg) | The ECW gear donning event. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4930.jpg) | Winners of the triathlon - men's category. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4931.jpg) | Winners of the triathlon - women's category. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4932.jpg) | Winners of the race up the beer can stairs - men's category. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4933.jpg) | Beer can race special prize for running up the stairs in full firefighter gear. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4934.jpg) | Winners of the race up the beer can stairs - women's category. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4935.jpg) | Winners of the sastrugi cycling event. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4936.jpg) | Winners of the sled pull event, men's category. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4937.jpg) | Winners of the sled pull event, women's category. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4938.jpg) | Winners of the ECW gear donning event. |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4939.jpg) | The Keck medal winners:- Chin-Lin: bronze women's sled pull
- Phil: gold, men's sled pull
- Jamie: gold, men's beer can stair race; gold, sastrugi cycling; silver, men's triathlon
- Sarah: gold, women's triathlon.
(Jamie isn't checking to make sure his medal is real gold: the medals are made out of cookies.) |
![Click to enlarge](img/th_4940.jpg) | Heading out to MAPO on a foggy day. |