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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/PJC_1661.jpgUSAP - United States Antarctic Program
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/01PJC_0052.jpgArriving at McMurdo Station (Ross Island, Antarctica) on a C17, Dec. 7, 2010. Everybody is wearing their Extreme Weather Gear ("Big Red" is the down coat everyone has to carry, and it is made in Canada).
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/02PJC_0186.jpgWendell Seal resting on the beach in McMurdo Sound.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/03PJC_0209.jpgOur crew (Dr. Christian Sidor, Curator of Vertebrates at Burke Museum, Seattle, Washington; Josh Matthews, technician who is preparing the Cryolophsaurus material from previous expeditions at Augustana College Rock Island Illinois; Adam Huttenlocker, PhD student at University of Washington, Seattle; Dr. Peter Makovicky, Curator of Vertebrates at the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, Illinois; Dr. Roger Smith, Curator of Karoo Paleontology at the Iziko Suth African Museum in Cape Town, South Africa; Dr. Eva Koppelhus, Palynologist and Research Associate, University of Alberta; Nate Smith, PhD Student at University of Chicago; Peter Braddock, mountaineer who was originally from New Zealand but now lives in the USA). The expedition leader Dr. Bill Hammer (Professor at Augustana College, Rock Island, Illinois) and Dr. Philip Currie (Professor at the University of Alberta) are both missing on this photo (Bill because he was late, and Philip because he was taking the photo).
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/04PJC_0217.jpgDeparture for the field from McMurdo on a Hercules
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/05PJC_0260.jpgEva starting to set up a Scott tent at the Central Transantarctic Mountains Camp (CTAM, which appears on old maps as the Beardmore Glacier South camp)
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/06PJC_0270.jpgThe Scott tent was our home for 1½ months in "tent city" in CTAM. In the background, the Transantarctic Mountains are visible.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/07PJC_0331.jpgThis was the first day on our way to Mt. Kirkpatrick, just before jumping into the helicopter. From left Dr. Bill Hammer, Josh Matthews, Eva Koppelhus.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/08EBK_0070.jpgPhilip Currie and Nate Smith are looking at the map for new possible dinosaur localities in the Hansen Formation.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/09EBK_0132.jpgPhilip Currie and Eva Koppelhus of the UofA. Mt. Kirkpatrick (altitude 4528 metres above sea level) is visible on the left between two mountains in the foreground.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/10PJC_0591.jpgSpecial treats at the Christmas brunch in CTAM were made of carrots, black olives and cream cheese.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/11PJC_0683.jpgTent city in CTAM.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/12PJC710.jpgLooking north along the surface of the glacier.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/13PJC834.jpgHelicopter in the clouds preparing to land on Mt. Kirkpatrick; it is making ice-crystal contrails.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/14PJC870.jpgOne of the Twin Otters that is operated by Kenn Borek Air (from Calgary). The yellow/blue structure is the Galley where we had all our meals.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/15PJC_0896.jpgWork in progress in the dinosaur quarry.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/16EBK_0302.jpgOne of the first blocks with dinosaur bones that was removed this year.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/17PJC_0996.jpgPhilip Currie using the Hilti jackhammer.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/18EBK_0343.jpgHelicopter slinging a block with dinosaur bones.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/19PJC_1182.jpgLast day in the dinosaur quarry, crew posing for a crew photo. From the left: Bill Hammer, Peter Makovicky, Philip Currie, Eva Koppelhus, Nate Smith and Peter Braddock.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/20EBK_0399.jpgPhilip Currie with the last block in the quarry.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/21PJC_1357.jpgEva Koppelhus in McMurdo Station on Hutt Point Peninsula of Ross Island. To the left Vince's cross in memory of Seaman George T. Vince, who drowned during a blizzard. He was a part of the first Scott expedition in 1901.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/22PJC_1363.jpg"Ivan the Terra" (believe it or not, this was also made in Calgary) took us to the Pegasus airfield from where we were to fly to Christchurch in New Zealand. We did this trip twice because of white-out conditions the first day, which forced the C17 to "boomerang" back to New Zealand without landing.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/23PJC_1387.jpgInside the C17.
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uploads/images/artic_trip_2010/24PJC_1392.jpgSculpture (made by his wife) of the famous explorer Robert Falcon Scott. We visited the statue on our return to Christchurch.
