Dylan Taylor and John Goodge planning the route with the Helo pilot.
Dylan Taylor and John Goodge, checking the route.
Jeff Vervoort, enjoying the fantastic terrain
A lateral moraine on the Koettlittz Glacier.
Moraines on the Koettlittz glacier
The Pyramid refueling cache. In order to support helo trips from McMurdo, refueling is essential. Several refueling caches are maintained for this purpose. Bring your own fuel pump!
Rolling a barrel of fuel to the helo
At the Pyramid fuel cache.
Looking at the rocks in the moraine at Pyramid Point.
Mt. Discovery near Pyramid.
Large crevasses in the Koettlittz Glacier south of Pyramid.
Huge claw-shaped crevasses.
Side glaciers flowing into the Skelton glacier
Side glaciers flowing into the Skelton glacier
Side glaciers flowing into the Skelton glacier
A lateral moraine trailing off of Mt. Darbyshire
A lateral moraine trailing off of Mt. Darbyshire.
John Goodge looking at the rocks of the Mt. Darbyshire moraine. The rocks here appeared to be all locally derived, and dominantly clasts of the Ferrar Dolerite. Temperature here was about -20°C (-5°F), but with a stiff wind blowing off the polar plateau that made it feel much colder.
Dylan Taylor picking his way across the blue ice near the helo landing spot.
Rocks of the Beacon Group with Ferrar dolerites exposed along cliffs of the Boomerang Range.
Clasts in the moraine trailing from the Boomerang Range exposures.
John Goodge and Dylan Taylor scouring the moraine for clasts mixed in with the more locally derived material
Mark Fanning looking at the moraine material
The moraine near the Boomerang range.
Snow filled ablation scours in the blue glacier ice with a few scattered clasts.
John Goodge and Tanya Dryer in the Boomerang Range moraine
Boomerang Range moraine
Near the Koettlitz Glacier.
Near the Koettlitz Glacier.
Near the terminus of the Koettlitz Glacier.
Near the terminus of the Koettlitz Glacier.
Patterns in the sea ice between Koettlittz Glacier and McMurdo Station
More sea ice patterns.
More sea ice patterns.
More sea ice patterns.
More sea ice patterns.
More sea ice patterns.
Flying over the ice runway on the return to the helo pad. The ice runway is schedule to be moved from here after Dec 3.
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