1. Antarctic astronomy Emeritus Professor John Storey Image: John Storey

2. 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

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

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

6. 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

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

8. Contour map of Antarctica USGS image McMurdo

11. Contour map of Antarctica USGS image South Pole

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

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

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

15. The IceCube laboratory Image: Michael Ashley

16. Contour map of Antarctica USGS image Dome C

17. 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

18. Absil et al, 2007

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

20. Contour map of Antarctica USGS image Dome F

21. Dome F, a Japanese station Images: Hirofumi Okita

22. Iridium OpenPort Image: Hirofumi Okita

23. Contour map of Antarctica USGS image Dome A

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

25. Images: NIAOT KDUST: 2.5 - 4 m optical/IR telecsope

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

27. Contour map of Antarctica USGS image Ridge A

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

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

30. Craig Kulesa, U. of Arizona

31. Image: FIRI team

32. 4 km baseline

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