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New elevated station facility at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station

A ski-equipped Hercules (LC-130) airplane takes off from the South Pole skiway near the new elevated station building at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This station, the third that the United States has built at the geographic South Pole since 1956, will be dedicated in January 2008. (NSF/USAP photo by Glenn Grant, Raytheon Polar Services Center.)


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Amundsen-Scott South Pole Research Projects, 2007-2008


Listed below are projects conducted by U.S. researchers at Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station during the 2007-2008 austral summer and 2008 winter. Where possible, a link is also provided to the researcher's web site for additional information.

Principal Investigator; Institution

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Andrew Lange (California Institute of Technology)

Background Imaging of Cosmic Extragalactic Polarization (BICEP): An Experimental Probe of Inflation (ANT 02-30438)

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Mark Engebretson (Augsburg College)

Studies of Solar wind — Magnetosphere Interactions using Ground-based Induction Magnetometers at Manned Stations as Part of an Extensive Ground Array (ANT 05-38379)

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Stephen Mende (University of California, Berkeley)

Antarctic auroral imaging (ANT 06-36899)

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Gonzalo Hernandez (University of Washington)

Austral Mid-Latitude Atmospheric Dynamics (ANT 06-39718)

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Allan Weatherwax (Siena College)

Studies of the Polar Ionosphere and Magnetosphere from Measurements in Antarctica and Conjugate Regions (ANT 03-38105)

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Allan Weatherwax (Siena College)
Marc Lessard (University of New Hampshire)

Polar Experiment Network for Geospace Upper-Atmosphere Investigations [PENGUIn] - A New Vision for Global Studies (ANT 03-41470)

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Stuart Jefferies (Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii)

Tomographic imaging of the velocity and magnetic fields in the Sun's atmosphere (ANT 06-32399)

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James LaBelle (Dartmouth College)

Direction-finding measurements of LF/MF/HF auroral radio emissions at South Pole (ANT 04-42369)

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Gulamabas Sivjee (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University)

Observations of Upper Atmospheric Energetics, Dynamics, and Long-Term Variations over the South Pole Station (ANT 06-36706)

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Scott Palo (University of Colorado, Boulder)

Collaborative Studies of the Antarctic Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere (ANT 05-38672)

  • Project web site: Site not available
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Francis Halzen (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

IceCube Neutrino Observatory Maintenance and Operations (ANT 06-39286)

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Sarah Church (Stanford University)

Next Generation CMB Polarization Measurements with the QUEST Experiment on DASI (QUAD) (ANT 03-38138 and ANT 06-38615)

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John Carlstrom (University of Chicago)

Science Coordination Office for Astrophysical Research in Antarctica (SCOARA) (ANT 04-43177)

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John Carlstrom (University of Chicago)

Cosmological Research with the 10 meter South Pole Telescope (ANT 06-38937)

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Bruce Johnson (Mayo Clinic)

Altitude Symptoms at the South Pole (ANT 05-40710)

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Rhett Butler (IRIS: Incorporated Research institutions for Seismology)

SPRESO - Global Seismograph Station at South Pole (ANT 00-04370)

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Charles Meertens and Bjorn Johns (UNAVCO)

Development of a Power and Communication System for Remote Autonomous GPS and Seismic Stations in Antarctica (ANT 06-19908)

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Paul Mayewski (University of Maine, Climate Change Institute)

A Science Management Office for the United States Component of the International Trans Antarctic Expedition (US ITASE SMO): A collaborative program of research from Taylor Dome to South Pole (ANT 04-40679)

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Anthony Hansen (Magee Scientific Company)

Hyper-insulated Instrumentation System to Support Year-round Research in Polar Regions (ANT 03-37737)

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Matthew Lazzara (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Antarctic Automatic Weather Station Program (AWS): 2007-2010 (ANT 06-36873)

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David Hofmann (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

South Pole Monitoring for Climatic Change — Climate Monitoring and Diagnostic Laboratory (NSF/NOAA agreement)

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Anil Ananthaswamy (Sciene writer)

To the edge of reason: Pilgrimages to the holy sites of cosmology (ANT 06-37460)

  • Project web site: Site not available
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Anthony Powell (Photographer)

A time-lapse study of Antarctica (ANT 06-37614)

  • Project web site: Site not available
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Geoff Haines-Stiles (Passport to Knowledge)

Polar-Palooza (an International Polar Year Education and Outreach project (ANT 06-32262)

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