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Christmas on The Ice

December 25 , 2001

How do McMurdo's residents celebrate the holiday season? With stockings, snowboards and mountain climbs. Get a bit of the spirit of Antarctic Christmas with a dash through these photos, by Paul Doherty.

Christmas around McMurdo Station:

The Grinch
snow angel
cookies
xmas tree
snowboarder
feldspar
gingerbread house
solstice it's not coal
tree on pole

Paul climbed Castle Rock for the holiday:

castle rock
making the climb
rope
the view
paul on castlerock

 

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