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October, 2009 -  New field season begins! Stay tuned for field updates...

January 13, 2009 - Casey Station


casey shuttle
aircraft interior
Surveying
solitude
GPS installation

Photo: J. Holt
Aircraft interior
Photo: J. Holt
Surveying
Photo: J. Holt
Calm before the storm
Photo: J. Holt
GPS installation
Photo: J. Holt
Lunch in the air
signpost
K-3
beakers
sunset
Lunch in the air
Photo: J. Holt
Adelaide 2934 km
Photo: J. Holt
K-3
Photo: J. Holt
J. Greenbaum, D. Blankenship, & J. Holt
Photo: J. Holt
Sunset
Photo: J. Holt


January 9, 2009 - From McMurdo Station to Casey Station

Dome C
lunch at Dome C
Yum
Dumant
QC
French/Italian Base at Dome C
Photo: J. Holt
Lunch at Dome C
Photo: J. Holt
Yum!
Photo: J. Holt
Cape Prudhomme
Photo: J. Holt
Quality Control
Photo: J. Holt
corner office
The EMperor
Resting airplanes
tiny airstrip
Du d'U
Corner Office
Photo: J. Holt
The Emperor
Photo: J. Holt
Resting
Photo: J. Holt
One of the smaller, scarier airstrips in the world
Photo: J. Holt
Dumont d'Urville
Photo: J. Holt


Late December, 2008 - Final Equipment Installation and Testing at McMurdo Station, Antarctica

mcm from the air in the lab loading racks rack installation Hatherton Glacier from the cockpit
McMurdo Station from the air
Photo: J. Holt
Preparing racks in the lab
Photo: J. Holt
Loading racks on the plane
Photo: J. Holt
Rack installation
Photo: J. Holt
Hatherton Glacier from the cockpit
Photo: J. Holt
J. Greenbaum checks camera and laser Byrd Glacier crevasses GJKB paked at Willaims Field midnight The ICECAP Team Snow School
J. Greenbaum checks the laser and camera
Photo: J. Holt
Byrd Glacier crevasses
Photo: J. Holt
Midnight at WIlliams Field
Photo: J. Holt
The Team!
Photo: J. Holt
Snow School
Photo: I. Smith

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Mid-December, 2008 - Travel to McMurdo Station, Antarctica

ecw clothing issue landing on the ice runway ivan the terra bus mcmurdo living GJKB at Willy field
J. Holt at his ECW gear issue in Christchurch
Photo: J. Holt
Landing on the ice runway, McMurdo Station
Photo: J. Holt
J. Holt boards Ivan the Terra Bus for the short ride into town
Photo: J. Holt
McMurdo living
Photo: J. Holt
GJKB at Williams Field
Photo: J. Holt

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October, 2008 - Aircraft Preparation:


10/26/08 - C-GJKB at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (Austin, Texas, USA): Rack and tail boom installation

The plane! rear and mag bird Guys in charge skiis
Plane from front
C-GJKB
Photo: L. Lawver
Tail and magnetometer
Photo: L. Lawver
D. Young, J. Holt, and D. Blankenship
Photo: L. Lawver
Skiis
Photo: L. Lawver
C-GJKB
Photo: D. Young

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10/22/2008 - Visit to Kenn Borek Air, Ltd.:  Installation of mounting points and hydraulics for skiis, preparation of the plane for the tailboom, and installation of GPS antennas on wings and tail tip

Basler prep hydraulics skiis laser cut out borek hangar
JKB in prep
Photo: J. Holt
Hydraulics
Photo: J. Holt
Skiis
Photo: J. Holt
Lase and camera cut outs
Photo: J. Holt
Borek hangar
Photo: J. Holt

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10/10/2008 - Visit to Basler: Installations of hardpoints for the VHF radar antennas and cutout for laser and camera

plane graveyard jwh at Basler inside Basler rdar antenna nose cone hellraiser
Airplane graveyard Photo: J. Holt JWH in the hangar
Photo: J. Holt
Inside JKB
Photo: J. Holt
Radar antenna prep
Photo: J. Holt
No nose cone Photo: J. Holt

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