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| The Erebus plume trailing off into the midnight sun. |
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| Nelia Dunbar making a sample bag "Christmas stocking" for Sarah Krall. |
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| Stocking hung by the, er, sink?, with care. |
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| Yes, Santa Claus even comes to Mt. Erebus. |
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| Beth Bartel likes the mittens that Nelia Dunbar knitted. |
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| The Abbott Peak seismic station. |
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| Beth Bartel installing a GPS monument at Abbott Peak (Mt. Bird in the background). |
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| Bell 212 helicopter near Truncated Cones. |
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| Nelia Dunbar measuring the CO2 content of the gas exiting an ice tower. |
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| Bill McIntosh testing a power distribution box at the Ray's Shoulder seismic station. |
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| Hoar frost in one of the Erebus ice caves. |
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| Bill McIntosh scaling an ice tower. |
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| The summit is littered with anorthoclase feldspar phenocrysts that have weathered out of volcanic bombs. |
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| A-Star helicopter landing at the Hooper's Shoulder seismic station. |
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