To the South Pole and back

In April 2012 I learned that all my whining and begging finally had been heard: I was officially on the list of people from my work that are scheduled to travel to the South Pole end of 2012. My trip will be short, only about two weeks at the pole, but I am sure it will be awesome!

Sunday, December 30, 2012

The sweet ride back to NZ

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When I left the Pole, people told me that I would most likely get a ride on an Airbus from McMurdo to Christchurch. At first I thought I did...

Pressure ridges

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Close to Scott Base, the New Zealand Antarctic station, there are pressure ridges. The occur because the ice floes collide with each other a...

Discovery Hut

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Got some of the information from Wikipedia again... "Discovery Hut was built by Robert Falcon Scott during the Discovery Expedition of...

McMurdo

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Ok, I promised some more pictures of my last days in Antarctica. I thought I start with a nice overview over the station McMurdo. Compared t...
Sunday, December 23, 2012

Christmas and polar bears

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Merry Christmas everyone! I just had to post this picture before Christmas (although I should really, really finish some work right now......

Back in NZ

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I made it! All the way back to New Zealand! With probably the last flight out of McMurdo before Christmas. You can only barely imagine how...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

Stuck in McMurdo

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I arrived at McMurdo yesterday late afternoon, after getting the flight from the Pole around noontime. I had high hopes that everything woul...
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