Crary Lab and the meanest Antarctic vehicle yet

Crary Lab is the central location of much of the scientific work that is done throughout Antarctica. It is the only building I know of in McMurdo that is humidified. There are a number of different types of labs in the building as well as conference rooms, libraries, and study areas. There is considerable and very diverse research being done in Antarctica, and more information on the various areas of study can be found here.

A view of Crary lab from the Ob Hill loop. Crary is the central building with the three levels descending down the slope.











Crary is appropriately located on Beeker Street.













Right across Beeker street is the building that stores the ice cores temporarily. I've heard that on some of the deeper cores, which are colder, researchers gradually warm the cores up over a period of months or years before any analysis is done.






















For some reason the exterior doors in Crary are walk-in freezer doors.


















Christmas decorations in one of the display cases.













Looking down the central corridor.




















































The marine lab in Crary. It is home to the touch tank, which is probably one of the more interesting places in Crary and the only one I documented photographically.













The touch tank.













The biggest of the sea spiders in the tank.