South Pole Call

December 6th, 2007 andrea

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As part of the overnight snow school (aka ‘happy camper’) we learned how to make HF radio calls from the field to McMurdo and The Pole. Many more photos if you click on the image here of Dr. Adam Soule and the HF antenna including a group of us setting up the antenna and the ice cave we slept in.
Here’s a binaural recording of our team making the call and having a bit of fun:

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Helo

December 6th, 2007 andrea

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Binaural helicopter taking off from McMurdo (headphones recommended):

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Ken Mankoff from the Center for Climate Systems Research

December 6th, 2007 andrea

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I was able to interview Ken Mankoff from the Center for Climate Systems Research at Columbia University here at McMurdo. He is developing the edGCM (Educational Global Climate Model). You can hear more about it in the interview below:


Links to edgcm projects: http://edgcm.columbia.edu
http://pace.edgcm.columbia.edu

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