Someone has to be first. This season, the first plane to arrive at the South Pole was the Basler plane shown above (and below), which was just stopping through on its way from Rothera Station to McMurdo. A small Twin Otter also landed at the Pole last week, another flight en route to McMurdo. Soon enough, though, there will be more planes bringing people destined to the South Pole. In the meantime, the IceCube detector has been well behaved. Areas around the Upgrade drill camp have started to be groomed. With cooperating weather, the members of the emergency response fire team gathered at the ceremonial pole to take some group photos.
