International Antarctic Center in Christchurch, New Zealand. Photograph by S. Shipp, Rice University. All bundled up and nowhere to go. Kathy Licht of the University of Colorado is a fashion plate for the Southern Continent. Photograph by S. Shipp, Rice University.
All clothing is tried on during the visit to the facility.
This ensures that participants will not arrive in Antarctica with the wrong size. The two entry-ways into the Antarctic for American researchers are Palmer Station in the Antarctic Peninsula and McMurdo Station in Ross Sea. The mode of transport depends on what research will be conducted and where, and on research vessel logistics. Travelers and their gear line up for a check by the local canines. Photograph courtesy of John Anderson, Rice University.