Martin's Antarctic Visit  
January 2004  

| OBJECTIVE | ACTIVITIES | EDUCATION | LAKE ICE SCIENCE |
| PROJECT COORDINATORS | ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS |
| Martin Jeffries | Delena Norris-Tull | Ron Reihl
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Letters from Antarctica:



Click on a thumbnail to learn more about our visit to Antarctica:

Mt. Erebus

Mt. Erebus

McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station
and Scott's Hut

Using GPS

Where are we?

Measuring albedo

Measuring
Albedo

Penguins approaching...

Penguins
Approaching

Penguins touching noses

Adelie Penguins

Drilling for ice cores

Drilling Begins

A successful ice core

Success!

Measuring ice temperature

Analyzing the Ice

Obtaining slices of ice

Slices of Ice

Thin sections of ice

Ice Thin Sections

Cleaning the bandsaw

Cleaning the
Band Saw

The steam drill in action

Steam Drill in Action

Visits from penguins

Visits by Penguins

Helicopter on ice

Helo on Ice

Crary Science Center at McMurdo

Crary Laboratory
and McMurdo

Scott's Hut and the Nathaniel B. Palmer

Scott's Hut and
the icebreaker
"Nathaniel B. Palmer"

Icebreakers in McMurdo Sound

Icebreakers in
McMurdo Sound

Source of above image of Antarctica: http://www.abc.net.au/news/features/antarctica/default.htm