1. First South Pole impressions Dag Toppe Larsen

2. 2 Passing through Singapore ● UL: Singapore parliament with modern buildings in background ● UR: canal with new and old buildings ● LL: interesting building with “ship” on top

3. 3 Christchurch ● UR: flowers, will not see any more of those for long time... ● LL: canal in the botanical garden ● LR: outside hotel, “typical New Zealand”?

4. 4 Flying to McMurdo ● UL: entering C17 ● UR: interior of plane with cargo and some passengers ● LR: view of the wing while flying

5. 5 Arriving at McMurdo ● UL: exiting plane at McMurdo, runway is on ice ● LL: cargo from plane being loaded on trucks ● LR: typical view of McMurdo

6. 6 Around McMurdo ● UL: Scott's hut, used for preparations for expedition ● UR: frozen coast line with mountains ● LR: either a seal or a sea lion (zoomed in from previous picture)

7. 7 Around McMurdo (II) ● UL: me with McMurdo and Scott's hut in the background ● UR: a mountain on other side of frozen sea ● LR: view of McMurdo from nearby mountain (right in UL picture)

8. 8 Flying to South Pole ● UR: ready to take off in a C130 (Hercules) with skies ● LL: interior of plane with cargo and passengers ● LR: propellers over mountain range

9. 9 View from flight to South Pole ● UR: mountains close to sea ● LL: mountains surrounded by ice, about halfway to Pole ● LR: same mountain range as LL from other side of plane

10. 10 Arriving at South Pole ● UL: our plane shortly after arriving ● UR: first sight of South Pole Station ● LL: initial view of ice desert after landing

11. 11 Cargo arriving at IceCube Lab ● UR: IceCube Lab, where all data is acquired, cables are coming up in the two towers ● LL: bulldozer picking up cargo ● LR: delivery from snow ramp

12. 12 View from top of IceCube Lab ● UL: view of South Pole Station in the background ● UR: South Pole Telescope ● LR: O(10^3)km till something else than ice...

13. 13 Ceremonial South Pole ● UL: flags at the ceremonial South Pole (not the geographical) ● LL: flags seen from other side with South Pole Station in background ● LR: shiny sphere in the centre made nice mirror

14. 14 Geographical South Pole ● UL: the “real” South Pole, moves about 10m every year ● UR: marker for where the geographical South Pole was 1 st January ● LL: South Pole Station seen from geographical South Pole

15. 15 Outside South Pole Station ● UL: welcome to the South Pole Station...! ● LL: seen from the other side, the dormitories ● LR: the pillars elevating the station

16. 16 Around South Pole Station ● UL: entrance to underground storage and workshops ● UR: ground-level buildings and storage ● LR: snow shaped by the wind

17. 17 View from South Pole Station ● UL: IceCube Lab and South Pole Telescope about 1 km away ● UR: South Pole Telescope (zoomed in) ● LR: IceCube Lab (zoomed in), the ramp for cargo delivery to the left

18. 18 Inside South Pole Station ● UL: the dining hall ● LL: the green house (might not be operational this winter) ● LR: an IceCube photomultiplier on display at the entrance

19. 19 Inside South Pole Station (II) ● UR: a typical longitudinal hall way inside the station ● LL: social room ● LR: local “cinema”

20. 20 Recreation ● UL: gymnasium ● UR: band practice room with lots of different instruments ● LL: “art and craft” room

21. 21 My world ● UL: my room ● UR: view from window ● LR: science lab, shared between several experiments, IceCube in the middle