SOUTH POLE - ANTARCTICA

January, 2001

This photo shows the new elevated station being built. These are the first two sections of the eight section station. It will include berthing for 50, the dinning hall and mechanical room.  This austral winter tradespeople will winter-over to complete the interior of these sections.  The station is elevated to allow snow to pass underneath and reduce drifting.  The legs of the structure are "jackable" so the building can be leveled if necessary.  Constructed of insulated-core stress-skin panels the building can reach an insulating value of R-50. 

Station images taken during the 1999/2000 austral summer season.

This image above was taken from directly over the skiway. The center of the three long arches to the right of the dome is the original garage arch.  The arch to the rear is the new garage-shops /heavy equipment arch. The arch in the foreground is the new power plant arch.

The new garage arch was erected in austral summer 97/98.  The inner-arch building shell was erected during the austral summer of 98/99 with the interior finished during winter-over 1999.

The new power plant arch and inner-arch building was erected during austral summer 1999/2000.  The interior electrical/mechanical and finishes will take place over the winter season 2000.

The image below shows the skiway at the top of the photograph. This image was taken from grid west looking grid north-east.