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A man walks out from an enormous hole in the snow.
Date Taken:
November 11, 2002
Photograph By:
John Wright, NSF
License Type:
Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Shaun Norman walks out of a crevasse after it has been partially filled.An over-ice traverse route from McMurdo Station to the South Pole is being explored as an alternative to flying supplies to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. Hundreds of crevasses must be found and filled before tracked vehicles can pass over them. This particular crevasse was 7 feet wide, 107 feet deep, with a 9 foot deep bridge over the crevasse.

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