Ice Runway near McMurdo Station on the Ross Ice Shelf with 4 LC-130's, 3 de Havilland DHC-6 Twin Otters, and 2 DC3-T aircraft

Antarctic Deployment from Christchurch, New Zealand

Boarding at the International Arctic Center in Christchurch...


Boarding a C-17 with all of our Extreme Cold Weather Gear...

Riding in a C-17...


My seat view, not great but less cramped than a C-130!...

New York Air National Guard C-17 cockpit, Operation Deep Freeze...

Sea ice off the coast of Antarctica, out the C-17 cockpit window...

Disembarking in Antarctica...



McMurdo Station, Antarctica (home sweet home for now)...

Happy Camper School, 35-50 mph winds with below zero temperatures...

A bamboo "deadman" anchor on a guyed-out Scott Tent...
Learning to make an ice wall...
A VERY WINDY Happy Camper School...
Steve, Wade, and myself...
Steve digging a survival trench (too cold and windy to sleep in)...
Steve chatting with South Pole Station on the HF Radio...

Bucket-head Whiteout Scenario (find Jen at the outhouse)...



Back to McMurdo Station...

Hanging with Steve Hasiotis: Crevasse Rescue Training, McMurdo Station, Antarctica