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NSF PR 03-97 - September 11, 2003
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Photo 1
A U.S. Antarctic Program Twin Otter on the sea ice of McMurdo Sound last December, with 13,000-foot Mt. Erebus, the world's southernmost active volcano, in the background.
Photo Credit: Peter West/National Science Foundation
Photo 2
Unoccupied Jamesway huts wait for the summer station population to arrive in late October.
Credit: Patrick Hovey / National Science Foundation
Photo 3
An elevated dorm at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station with new elevated station in the background. The photo was taken on Sept. 9. The Pole is currently experiencing a period known as civil twilight; the sun will not rise above the horizion until later this month.
Credit: Patrick Hovey / National Science Foundation
Photo 4
A frozen loader waits for the return of the sun at NSF's Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.
Credit: Patrick Hovey / National Science Foundation
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