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Stanley on Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station
Dear Kira,
We made it to South Pole station! We arrived on December 1 on an LC-130 Hercules plane. This is a plane that has wheels to land, and skis, because planes have to land on skis at South Pole—it’s covered by snow, and wheels will just sink. When we got [...]
Dear Kira,
Yesterday was a good day here in McMurdo. I got to go on a special trip with Sue to the Erebus Glacier Tongue, which is the edge of a glacier that has spread out from the land onto the sea ice, and is essentially floating . There are natural pockets of air that get [...]
Dear Kira,
We’re here in McMurdo! When we arrived, it was amazingly bright, and very slippery. The plane landed on the sea ice, which is about 12 feet thick, but there’s water under there! We climbed into these vehicles called Deltas, which are like big orange boxes on bigger wheels, which took us into the town. [...]