Traveling to Antarctica and the South Pole, for science #antarctica #science @petroffm
This past austral summer, Matthew Petroff was able to spend two months in Antarctica working on the BICEP / Keck telescopes under the United States Antarctic Program (USAP).
As one might imagine, getting to Antarctica is difficult, both due to the remoteness and the harsh environment. To start, I flew commercial from Boston to Christchurch, New Zealand, via San Francisco and Auckland, which requires 19–20 hours of flights, plus layovers.
Next came the >7 hour flight to McMurdo, which, while uneventful, was loud, uncomfortable, and packed full with both personnel and cargo pallets.
After a three-hour flight, we landed at Amundsen–Scott South Pole Station’s Jack F. Paulus Skiway and taxied to the ramp adjacent to the station. Here, the weather was much colder, so the ECW gear was very much necessary; it is also very, very, very dry.
Read about Matthew’s journey, experiences and work in the well documented post here.
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