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Chalet, the (in McMurdo), description of,
161

Chaucer, Geoffrey (
Wife of Bath's Tale
),
125

Cheese Palace,
270

Chiang, Erick,
31
,
34
,
94
,
133
,
157
,
161
–65,
168
–70

Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL),
10
,
12
,
33
,
42
,
53
,
56
,
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–83,
91
,
95
–96,
96
,
102
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
181
,
183
,
232
,
287

Concordia Station,
38
,
73

Cook, Frederick A.,
286

“Cookie” John,
266

Crary, Albert,
12
–13,
121

Crary Ice Rise,
11

Crist, Gerald,
72
,
86
,
89

daily report, description of,
93

Dal Vera, Anne,
216
–17

Deception Island,
54
–55

Defense Contracts Audits Agency,
169

Delaney, Allan,
53
,
56
–58,
60
–61,
63
–72,
74
–79,
81
,
85
,
96
,
98
,
101
–2,
119
–20,
149

Detweiler, Susan,
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–38,
140
–41,
143
–47,
149
–50,
152

Dome C,
30
–31,
33
–35,
38

dorniks, descriptions of,
100
,
215

Dumont D'Urville,
17
,
30
–31,
33
–35

Dunbar, Steve,
30
,
32

Dunbar, Colonel,
190
–92

Elephant Man
, naming of,
96
,
132

energy module, description of,
93

Evans, John,
10
–12,
14
–15,
50
,
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,
147
–49,
166
–67

Feleppa, Greg,
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,
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–83,
185
–89,
196
–99,
201
–3,
205
,
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–9,
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–20,
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–29,
233
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–39,
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–42,
244
,
246
-57,
264
,
266
–69,
274
,
278
–79,
281
–83,
286
–89

Fritzy
, naming of,
95
,
131

Fuchs, Sir Vivian,
216
–17,
285

GAW (Grid A West), description of,
41

Godon, Patrice,
30
–36,
38
,
180
,
238

Goldsberry, Judy,
95
,
132
–35,
138
,
140
–41,
143
–44,
146
–48,
153
–54,
173
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–83,
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–89,
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–10,
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–20,
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–42,
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–57,
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–68,
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–75,
278
,
280
,
288

Grant, B. K.,
254
–55,
262
,
266
,
269
–71,
279

Griffiths, Trevor (
The Last Place on Earth
),
258

ground penetrating radar (GPR),
10
–11,
36
,
41
,
60
; imagery displayed by,
43
–44,
48
,
66
–69,
74

Hamilton, Gordon,
121
,
231

Harvey, Paul,
130

Hawthorne, Ann,
180

Helo-Ops,
53
,
56
,
63

Herzog, Werner,
55

HFS (Home Free South), description of,
41

Hillary, Sir Edmund,
4
,
12
–13,
128
–29,
142
,
285

Hooper, Rebecca,
185
,
199
,
283
–84,
284

hot-water drill, description of,
57
–58

Horak, Ralph,
33
–34,
36
–37,
73
,
75
–76

International Polar Year,
270

Jackson, Scotty,
257
,
260
,
264
–65,
268

Jensen, Katy,
20
–25,
213
–15

Johnson, Brad,
80
,
82
–83,
90
,
132
,
135
,
138
,
144
–45,
147
–48,
154
,
173
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,
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–85,188–90,
96
–98,
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–5,
209
–11,
219
,
222
–23,
225
–27,
232
–33,
238
,
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–42,
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,
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,
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–53,
255
–57,
264
,
267
–68,
274
–75,
278
–80,
282
–83,
288
–89

Kuhn, Thomas (
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
),
27

Lever, Jim,
80
–83,
108
–10,
136
–38,
143
–47,
149
–50,
152
,
154
–56,
166
–67,
238
,
278

Leverett Glacier, choice of,
12
,
122

Lilley, Raymond (Associated Press),
127
–30

Little America,
285

living module, description of,
93

Lyman, Tom,
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–64,
66
–73,
75
,
77
,
81
–85,
87
,
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–79,
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–88,
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–55,
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–69,
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–83,
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–89

Mac-Ops,
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,
88
,
93
,
98
,
101
–2,
107
,
110
,
180
–81,
290

Mac-Weather,
55
,
81
,
224

Magsig Rampart,
206
,
275

Magsig, Russell,
5
,
17
–18,
31
,
42
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45
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49
–50,
52
–54,
56
–58,
60
–63,
66
–70,
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–73,
75
–79,
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–91,
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–100,
102
–6,
115
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–42,
144
–45,
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–55,
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–63,
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–67,
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–85,
188
–89,
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–99,
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–6,
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–37,
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–51,
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266
–68,
272
,
274
,
279
–80,
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Marble Point,
17
,
97
,
115

Marisat, dish antenna,
246
,
248
–49,
256

Marty, Jerry,
249
,
254
–55,
261
,
264
,
266
,
268
–71,
279

Mary Lou
, naming of,
95
,
132

Maxine
,
104

McCabe, James,
94
,
96
–99,
102
,
104
–5,
107
,
110
,
118
,
141

McMurdo Ice Shelf, description of,
43

McMurdo Sound,
97

Medley, Jason,
249
,
254
,
256
,
268
,
270
–72

Metcalf, Scott “Scooter,”
105
–6,
108
–9,
117
–22

Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA),
23

Minna Bluff,
9
,
13
,
43
,
59
,
188
,
284

Miracle Mile,
65
,
67
,
77
,
84
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88
–89

Montgomery, Brooks,
31
,
34
–35

Mount Discovery,
284

Mount Erebus, description of,
59
,
284

Mount Everest,
132

Mount Vinson,
14

Nansen, Fridtjof,
66

National Geographic
photographer,
249
,
251
,
253
–54,
258
,
268
,
270

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA),
190
–91,
193
,
201

National Reconnaissance Office (NRO),
190
,
194

New York Air National Guard (NYANG),
9
,
190

Norman, Shaun,
42
,
44
–50,
52
–58,
60
–64,
66
-73,
75
–76,
78
–79,
81
–83,
88
–90

O'Bannon, Allen,
89
,
98
,
101
–2,
104
–5,
152
,
154
,
159

Ofstedal, Pete,
191
–94

Orwell, George (
1984
),
115

Ousland, Børge,
200

Pacheco, David,
98

Paioff, Marvin,
125
–26

Palmer Station,
249

Paul Buck
,
160

Peary, Robert E.,
286

Pegasus Field,
72
,
91

Penney, John,
86
,
94
,
96
,
98
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100
,
102
–5,
110
,
118
,
135
–36,
138
,
144
,
147
,
149
–50,
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–54

Pentecost, Scott,
64

Pietrek, Rick,
82
,
86
–87,
288

PistenBully, description of,
42

Polar Plateau, description of,
220
–21

Prudhoe Bay, Alaska,
95

Quadzilla
, naming of,
95
,
132

RADARSAT,
112
; description of imagery,
137
,
153
,
192
,
207

Reed, Marty,
86

Reedy Glacier,
207
,
221

Roberts, Mike,
131
–32,
135
–36,
276

Rocky Mountain Front Range,
14

Ross Ice Shelf (RIS), description of,
3
,
43

Ross, Sir James,
286

Round the World Race,
266
–67

Royal Society Range,
14
,
97

Salk, Jonas,
173

sastrugi, description of,
111
; definition of,
213

Sastrugi National Park,
228
,
231
,
262
,
269

Scanniello, Jeff,
76
–77,
79
,
185
,
193

Schernthanner, Liesl,
239
–40,
254
,
267
,
269

Schwartz, Jeff,
125
,
127

Scott Base,
13

Scott Glacier,
207
,
221

Scott, Robert Falcon,
3
,
12
,
156
,
195
,
246
,
258
,
285
–86

Sea Ice Runway,
97

Setz, Herb,
96
,
109
,
270

Shackleton, Ernest,
3
,
12
,
195
,
285
–86

Shaw, Brandon,
89

Shear Zone, description of,
13
,
44
,
91
–92; behavior of,
92

Shear Zone camp, description of,
46
–47,
62
–63

Shoals of Intractable Funding,
10
,
15
,
112
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147
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190
,
202

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