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MAIN STREET, MCMURDO SOUND. THIS WAS HOME SWEET HOME...WHERE IT IS DARK FOR 6 MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR. |
|  | McMurdo Air Field Bulldozers (D-8 Catepillars) clear the airfield during the spring months. |
CRUISE WEAR Leave your bikinis at home!! This is no time for sandals and shorts.
The hoods of the jackets (parkas) were lined with wolverine. | | |
| | THE JUMP TEAM This is the ParaRescue Team. The C-130 behind them was their jump craft. This is the airplane you can drive a tank into. It was used to haul the cargo and men to the ice.
My husband is the 2nd from the left kneeling. Of course that was many years ago. He still says that going to Antarctica was the best duty he had in 20 years in the Navy. |
ICE BREAKERS THE USS EASTWIND ALONG SIDE THE USNS CHATTAHOOCHEE TO TAKE ON FUEL. THE SHIPS ARE IN THE CHANNEL AT MCMURDO SOUND.
OFFICIAL U.S.NAVY PHOTOGRAPHERS MATE SECOND CLASS (PH2) THOMAS J. REGINA TOOK THE PHOTO. | | |
| | GLOBE - FROM THE BOTTOM MAP SHOWING LOCATIONS OF USSR AND USA, ETC. - A VERY DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE MAP - CAN YOU ENLARGE IT? |
MAMA & BABE THERE ARE FUNNY STORIES ABOUT THE MATING PROCEDURE. THE MALE DROPS A ROCK IN FRONT OF THE FEMALE CAUSE THEY OTHERWISE DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE! ONLY A FEMALE WILL PICK IT UP. | | |
| | TOWN OF MCMURDO HERE IS THE LITTLE SETTLEMENT THE MEN LIVED IN. MUCH MORE LUXURIOUS THAN WHEN ADMIRAL BIRD WAS THERE...BUT STILL VERY PRIMITIVE IN THE 60'S. |
OBSERVATION HILL Halfway up this hill was a nuclear reactor...which gave better power than the generators which had been used previously...fueled by oil. It was installed in 1962. | | |
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mvtouring Mon Mar 3, 2008 05:56 UTC
Hi Janet, an extremely hot day here in RSA so I enjoyed your antarctica page, looking at all the snow and ice ;-) | Waalewiener Wed Dec 12, 2007 00:23 UTC
Hi Janet This page was fun for me to see I was in the Merchant Dutch Navy from 1963 -1968 and I was in places like Iceland Norway Finland and it was very cold I had a beard like your hubby and I always wore a Scottish Hat with pompom on top | sailor_p Mon Nov 26, 2007 01:29 UTC
What an experience! Totally amazing. Thanks for your sharing. :) | evaanna Sat Mar 17, 2007 01:23 UTC
What a great story of life in Antarctica! Wonderful pictures of penguins. Wish I could go there in the hot summer months we have been having here lately. |
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