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Photo GalleryAs we anxiously await the first batch of photos from our current Live from Antarctica 2 team, we thought we'd start you off with a few images from our first Antarctic field trip, LFA1, as well as a few courtesy of NSF and Ann Hawthorne of NSF. Click on the thumbnail image to see a full-size version. Check back frequently -- we'll be expanding the photo gallery as we
receive more materials! Cameraman Brian Igelman taping Emperor penguins on the sea-ice near
McMurdo, during the first Live from Antarctica electronic field trip. Project Director Geoff Haines-Stiles atop one of the University of Chicago's
astronomical observatories at the South Pole: yes, this day was unusually
warm... and he put his bright red NSF parka back on just a second later! Geoff Haines-Stiles outside Shackleton's hut, at Cape Royds, one of
the protected historic sites from the "Heroic Age" of Antarctic
exploration. Brian Igelman at work on the "ice-edge" with a science team
sampling algae: when you focus the camera on the horizon, you realize
the entire ice sheet on which you're standing is gently bouncing up and
down! Adelie penguin colony, like that to be seen in LFA2's second program.
(NSF) An Elephant seal. (NSF) Antarctica from space. (NSF) Krill, in close-up! (NSF) Satellites can also image plankton in the seas around Antarctica. (NSF) Area of United States compared to that of Antarctica. (NSF) The Antarctic ozone hole, as seen by Earth-orbiting satellites. (NSF) Palmer Station, with the R/V Polar Duke alongside the dock. (Ann
Hawthorne) The Antarctic Peninsula is the only place in Antarctica where grasses
and certain other plants can survive on the surface. (Ann
Hawthorne) Measuring the beak of an Adelie penguin, as part of a multi-year study
of breeding habits of chick survival.(Ann Hawthorne) An Adelie, with its distinctive circle-pattern around its eye. (Ann
Hawthorn) "Up close and personal" with a penguin: the researchers' contacts
with all the wild creatures is strictly regulated under the Antarctic
Conservation Act. (Ann Hawthorne) Tossing and turning across the Drake Passage, some of the roughest seas
on Earth. (Ann Hawthorne) Readying a Zodiac inflatable, for research trips out to the islands
surrounding Palmer: there's a 2-mile boating safety limit. (Ann
Hawthorne) Studying the plant life around Palmer. (Ann Hawthorne) Aboard a Zodiac, carefully sampling sea and wildlife. (Ann
Hawthorne) Sending ocean-sampling instruments overboard from the R/V Polar Duke,
on an especially beautiful day. (Ann Hawthorne) Please note that all Ann Hawthorne images are © 1996 Ann Hawthorne  | From The Field | Video
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