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My Wild Ride

By Kathryn Schaffer Miknaitis · December 15, 2007 · comments 1 comment
For the last month, one of the major projects on the telescope has been measuring the surface of the 10-meter reflector and adjusting it carefully… {Read More »}


Dirt and Decay in the Clean Land of Ice

By Kathryn Schaffer Miknaitis · December 11, 2007 · comments No comments yet
The South Pole is one of the cleanest places I have ever been. Outside, the environment is absolutely pristine and essentially unchanging. There is no… {Read More »}


Unbreakable Beaker: A Scientist’s Life at South Pole Station

By Kathryn Schaffer Miknaitis · December 5, 2007 · comments No comments yet
The entire South Pole Station exists solely to support science that can only be done in this unique location. The support is phenomenal, from the… {Read More »}

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