A shot of the Ceremonial Pole and the old geodesic dome at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
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First view of QUaD and Ice Cube in the Pole Station's Dark Sector
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The locals' Xmas tree (the only "tree" to be seen in Antarctica!)
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Dr. Sarah Church and I at the current geographic pole - about 20 feet away from the Ceremonial Pole
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Sarah inside the new Pole Station
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Pole Station corridor (note the hand in the piping above - typical local humour
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View from one of the Station's windows
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After visiting the Station's "Gift Shop"
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Hydroponic culture at the Station
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It's cold (down to -40°C/°F while we were there), very dry and fairly high (9301ft) at the South Pole
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Visit from the Station's chaplain and an NSF rep to our small mess tent
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Our camp mess tent and our guide Denise and medic Mike
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Going to the Dark Sector - across the main runway used by the C-130s from McMurdo
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Approaching QUaD where Sarah is measuring the polarization of the Cosmic Background Radiation left over from the Big Bang
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A view of QUaD and of Ice Cube (the new neutrino detector under construction)
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Ice Cube drilling
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QUEST at DASY (QUaD) ground radiation shielding
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QUaD support structure
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Dark Sector labs
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QUaD bolometric array receiver under test
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Computer test run
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Post-doc 1
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Post-doc 2
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Pierre and Sarah in the lab
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Telescope under construction
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Instrument under construction
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Sarah inside the shielding containing the QUaD 2.6m primary
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Rick taking a shot of the primary
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Inside the telescope
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Receiver housing
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Shooting my reflection from the Ceremonial Pole's sphere
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Sign at the (ever moving) actual geographical South Pole (a few feet away from the Ceremonial Pole)
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A new thin pole and marker is placed at the current geographical pole every January 1st
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Melting snow in the mess tent [MOVIE]
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Chris and Harry preparing their Guiness BoWR-contending first ever bridge game at the South Pole
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Entry to the old station's dome which is now half buried under the snow
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