Trying on all of my gear at the NSF Antarctic Center in Christchurch, New Zealand

Hagglund snow vehicle for the tourists

This is Steve Hanes, a microbiologist who I met on my trip and shared photos with.

This is Chas and I. Chas is an excellent mountaineer and knows how everything works in McMurdo, I don't know how I would have survived without him.

Here I am on the C-130 on the way to McMurdo

My "seat" with parka and reading materials

First sight of ice from the plane. That's pack ice, we're not quite there yet.

First sight on the continent, these are probably the Transanarctic Mountains

Picture postcard view of McMurdo Sound