The flight on Air New Zealand to Christchurch was short or at least felt short: 463 miles, elapsed time 1:20.
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Milly relaxing in the summer warmth of Christchurch at
the hotel
Milly has made lots of interesting new friends on the trip. Here
milly is pictured with the famous astronomer John Carlstrom. Professor
Carlstrom is going to the Pole for the second time this summer because he
and others in his group are working very hard to get their telescope "DASI"
assembled and working at the Pole this summer. It is not easy to work when
it is so cold and DASI is a very big and very complex telescope. I will
write more about it later.
Milly is meeting a lot of astronomers these days. Dr. Tom Bania is
a professor at Boston University who works on the AST/RO telescope. This
will be Dr. Bania's sixth trip to the Pole.
Other photos from Randy and Steve of life in sunny, summery New Zealand:
