co Ice Thickness Map
I pulled most of the pics in this post from the common drive availabe to everybody at McMurdo. There are some pretty neat maps in there. Here is a small sampling.
US vs. Antarctica
USAP Stations
McMurdo Aerial
Tall Penguin
2006 Sout Pole Traverse Map
lemarctica 
January 6th, 2013 at 4:32 pm
OK, is McMurdo closest to NZ? South America? I assume NZ, because of your excellent map at the start of your journey… But it’s all “north” from there, so . . . ???
January 8th, 2013 at 6:13 am
South America is the closest continent to Antarctica. McMurdo is closest to New Zealand, which is why everyone that is stationed at McMurdo flies through Christchurch. The folks going to Palmer station fly through South America, not NZ.
January 10th, 2013 at 7:57 pm
When is your tour over,Jeff?
Jim Fitz
January 10th, 2013 at 10:14 pm
We are scheduled to fly out of the field back to McMurdo on February 5th. After that we’ll be on the first plane North to New Zealand. Then ill travel for about a month, meet Becky in Hawaii and return to Oregon around the first week of March.