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Antarctic astronomy Emeritus Professor John Storey Image: John Storey

In a nutshell… It’s very cold It’s very dry The atmosphere is very stable Antarctica is the only place on earth set aside for science by international treaty Image: Daniel Luong-van

Typical twilight spectra at Dome A and Paranal Sims et al., 2012a

Craig Kulesa, 2013 Ridge A Median: 130 microns Best 10%: 60 microns

Ridge A. Top to bottom: dry-air only, best 10 percentile, best 25 percentile, median winter transmission. H2D+H2D+ [O III][O I] [C II] [N II] Sims et al., 2012

Deployment to Antarctica is one thousand times cheaper than space ($10/kg versus $10,000/kg) Image: John StoreyImage: ESA

Contour map of Antarctica USGS image McMurdo

Contour map of Antarctica USGS image South Pole

The US Amundsen-Scott South Pole station… Image: Michael Ashley

…with modern, well-equipped laboratories Image: Michael Ashley

Image: Daniel Luong-Van The South Pole Telescope (SPT)

The IceCube laboratory Image: Michael Ashley

Contour map of Antarctica USGS image Dome C

Concordia is a French/Italian station operating year- round from 2005 at Dome C. Typically 12 ~ 16 people over winter Astronomy is one of the key science drivers for the station Image: John Storey

Absil et al, 2007

Modular sections built into shipping containers. Image: Mark Swain Antarctic Planet Interferometer phase 1 instrument concept

Contour map of Antarctica USGS image Dome F

Dome F, a Japanese station Images: Hirofumi Okita

Iridium OpenPort Image: Hirofumi Okita

Contour map of Antarctica USGS image Dome A

The Chinese have a major development program at Kunlun station, Dome A Image: Zhu Zhenxi

Images: NIAOT KDUST: m optical/IR telecsope

Where is the driest site on earth? Sims et al, 2012 AIRS/Aqua MHS/NOAA-18 Both are median winter PWV

Contour map of Antarctica USGS image Ridge A

PLATO-R, a field deployable observatory Image: Luke Bycroft

We built a new, international station at a place we called Ridge A. Image: Craig Kulesa

Craig Kulesa, U. of Arizona

Image: FIRI team

4 km baseline

SCAR AAA Image: Craig Kulesa Astronomy and Astrophysics from Antarctica See our booth at the IAU meeting in Hawaii next week!