Hello there McMurdo

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I did a thing...

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Can anyone ID this plane?

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Happy international women's day from all us women in Antarctica

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The continent's finest coffee

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My grandfather worked in Antarctica

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Me after 90 minutes outside, -78F ambient. Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

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The legendary 6-wheel-drive Ice Challenger van, a modified 1996 Ford Econoline full-size van, which drove all the way to the South Pole in 69 hours, back in 2005

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Obey the five meter rule: wildlife safety goes both ways.

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Whoever purchases UNFROSTED mini wheats for snack shelf in the galley, I don’t like you.

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Today (Nov. 18) is the first ever Polar Pride day!

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I was offered a primary spot today!! Extremely excited to be going to McMurdo! This will be my first time heading down

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A skua in it natural habitat. McMurdo Station 2019.

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Reading by Starlight at South Pole

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In 2005 McMurdo threw the best halloween party I ever attended. No-one bit my shiny metal ass so I made my own research station, with cookers and blow-torches.

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my antarctic bookshelf!

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Mt. Erebus

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The moon out over the Dark Sector on earlier this week.

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Antarctica

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Wanted to share this photo of me clearing the tonel wich wasy to the place I lived at Vostok station in 2021/2022 season

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Here’s proof! You can get a passport stamp at the post office.

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The geographical South Pole

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A coworker took a picture of me after working outside yesterday

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2011 at McMurdo

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A British Antarctic Survey scientist descending into a crevasse

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Legendary Green Flash from the South Pole

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In case anyone was considering eating Pingu... don’t.

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South pole? Have you been there?

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True South, a flag of Antarctica designed in Antarctica, will be flown across the continent this summer. (Description in the comments)

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My first sighting of icebergs. NW of the South Shetland Islands.

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Job posting

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Day 32 (I don't know anymore) of flight delays...

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Found this receipt inside a thrifted Antarctic informational book. Wish I was invited to this party in ‘93.

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Anyone else around for this?

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Even we IT guys need some fresh air

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Ice core samples from Antarctica containing Ancient air

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Looks like a C-17 Globemaster is on the way to McMurdo

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South Pole Construction, 2008

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Received my Antarctic Service Medal!

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Sunset Here at Pole Last Week

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C-130 Flying over the dark sector

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USAP Logic

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Recieved an Antarctica Service Medal in post today! I’m a New Zealander who worked on the new ICT building in the 2019/2020 summer

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The driest place on Earth is in Antarctica in an area called the Dry Valleys, where it hasn't rained for nearly 2 million years. Image credit: NASA.

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Penguins are on of the best things in all the word!!! 🐧 ( I mean look at these adelie penguins!!)

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Full moon over Mt. Discovery. We've had amazing skies and weather since the sun has come up!

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This year's annual South Pole Overland Traverse, estimated to save 40 flights to the Pole each year.

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Late Night View from B-201 at McMurdo

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A decade ago I went to Antarctica to work on ski birds. I found this old picture today.

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My pano shot of first continental landing

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Base Gabriel de Castilla (Spain), Deception Island, South Shetland Islands

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Anyone here pictured?

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Antarctic sea ice extent is not looking good.

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Antarctica, the southernmost continent and site of the South Pole, is a virtually uninhabited, ice-covered landmass. Most cruises to the continent visit the Antarctic Peninsula, which stretches toward South America.

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I randomly decided to paint some icebergs last night. One of my favorite things about antarctica, and the arctic regions, is the sharp contrast between the black looking sea and the ice. If this is not allowed, feel free to delete. Thought you all may enjoy it.

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Picture of the Day [OC]: Taking a helicopter to Mount Erebus. The smoke plume from the crater is visible at the top.

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McMurdo - If you know, you know.

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65 Years ago today Sir Edmund Hillary became just the third person to reach the South Pole overland

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Camping in Antarctica! There’s lots of info here about working for national programs but there is also a work available on cruise ships which doesn’t get discussed quite as much. I have worked as a guide for over 10 yrs and there’s a lot of varied work on the ships. Ask me if you have any questions!

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Mount Erebus from the South. 13 Dec 2023

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[POD][OC] South Pole Station crew just before the dome removal, Jan. 2008

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The South Telephone Pole

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My last day on ice. January ‘21

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The first of many steps lol I know it’s just an email saying I meet the basic requirements for my dream job as a hairstylist at McMurdo, but it’s also a sign for me that my dream is obtainable!!!

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I WAS SO SURPRISED TO SEE THE STRANGE FORM OF ICEBERG IN ANTARCTICA

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Happy Antarctica Day y'all!

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[POD] You Can Go To Antarctica #4: Expedition Cruises (Pictured: National Geographic Explorer)

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For this upcoming summer deployment. Leaving Friday!

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Near Palmer

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The Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition hits a snag in 1957.

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Who tf keeps calling me from Antarctica

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Seriously...ASC part 2

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Found this fun poster in the linguistics graduates lab at my university. Anyone on ice right now know any Klingon?

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Adelie penguin chick almost catched by a leopard seal

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Scott Base and McMurdo WINFLY pax may see open water off the station, very rare at this time of the year. Photo by L. Widen

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This seemed like the right spot to show off the newest addition to our bar cart.

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Port Lockroy last week!!

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hi, this is a picture of denman glacier, the deepest part of the earth on land, i don’t understand it can someone explain it? considering the picture is of a flat sheet of ice

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Ernest Shackleton (15 February 1874 - 5 January 1922). My 100 year tribute with Mackinlay's Blended Scotch Whisky.

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I'm not letting y'all have this box until I get a job offer 😤 /joke

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King Edward Point, the smallest (by area and population) capital in the World - South Georgia

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Almost to the Antarctic Peninsula

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Is Ivan the Terra Bus still making the rounds at McMurdo? Photo from 10 yrs ago.

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One step closer!!

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The research vessel Laurence M. Gould docks at Palmer Station, Anvers Island, Antarctica, 2000

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Another view from 1882. Friend for scale.

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[POD] You Can Go To Antarctica #8: Get a Job!

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Scientists stationed in Antarctica, you know what to do.

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If You Had To Approximate, How Many People Have Set Foot on The Ice?

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I was told you might like this picture of my great uncle Frank Hurley and his wife Antoinette. Frank was the photographer on the Shackleton Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917. This picture was taken in 1919 Cairo Egypt

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I recently went on a cruise to Antarctica onboard a National Geographic Vessel, I figured I should share it here.

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Who is playing steam games in Antarctica?

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Anybody else been here?

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Why doesn’t anyone want to claim Marie Byrd Land?

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Reflections of USAP Palmer Station

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This C-47 (DC-3) airplane, nicknamed Que Sera Sera, was the first to aircraft to land at the South Pole on October 31, 1956. US Navy

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I redesigned the Antarctic flag what do you think

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[POD] You Can Go To Antarctica #6: Big Cruise Liners

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Beautiful Day in McMurdo!

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[POD] LC-130 and Mt. Erebus

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Who is Antarctic 🤷🏻‍♂️

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[POD] You Can Go To Antarctica #3: Ski the Last Degree with ALE, skiing from 89S to the South Pole

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So when they say “rental,” does that mean you pay to use these things? If so, what do they generally go for? Trying to plan a budget because I want to save as much as I can to take home.

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What is this weird looking creature on Google Maps?

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Seriously ASC....what’s next?

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Ragnar explorer yacht sailing through ice

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Does the NSF & Ledo's still want to have staff this season sleep in bunk beds without ladders & safety rails like they did in 2022/23 season?

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Bellingshausen (Russia) and Marsh/Frei (Chile), Maxwell Bay, King George Island, South Shetland Islands

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Godspeed, medical packet!

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Is this trip worth it?

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From an American Geophysical Union (AGU) post

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Got some help from down south to get my book photographed in the oldest bar in Antarctica. Cheers 🍻

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How does the traverse work, any veterans care to share their experiences?

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Every Thanksgiving and Christmas going from 155 to the Uppercase dorms.

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A postcard from the Arctic just arrived at the Antarctic

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Found this spot just labeled bear on Google Earth why is it named that?

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Castle Rock Hut

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The Air Force sure is bored during pre-WINFLY quarantine

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How often do you guys see penguins in antartica?

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Glyptonotus getting about on the anchor ice at Cape Armitage.

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Where can I find these posters?

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Penguin hanging out at Scott Base, Antarctica today.

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I got a postcard from Antarctica thanks to this sub!

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Scotch re-created from the bottles found from one of Shackleton’s expeditions!

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I've been messing around with some Antarctica designs since my fiance worked there last winter

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Needing my caffeine fix

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Auroras over Phoenix Airfield

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I sometimes have to pinch myself when I remember that I was there

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Another Aurora photo this time over Scott Base

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Photo that was requested

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Antarctic research facility (low poly art)

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I loved the ice in Antarctica.

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Antarctic cruising into the night.

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Antarctic-centric world view

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Visitors to McMurdo the other day.. A South Korean Ice Breaker pauses just off McMurdo as an Adele Penguin rest in the sun. Taken bye me.

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In Typical ASC (NSF pays ASC to manage the people) Fashion.... winter ends in a few weeks and they are just running out the clock until it is too late anyway. Shame on them......they speak of safety first but still haven't learned the lesson.......

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Me and the boys toasting with a Caffrey's at Shackleton's grave on South Georgia c. 1996

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The size of Antarctica compared to the United States.

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Doing the polar bear plunge (well, penguin plunge since it is Antarctica) in -2 degree water.

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After five months of complete darkness a shimmer of hope on the horizon. The 2017 sunrise weeks at the south pole. [4 Sep 2017]

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Inside Sir Ernest Shackleton’s hut from 1908

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