Pictures: Station close and last flights
| The dwindling numbers on the "population board" (sorry it's blurry) | 
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February 13
| A sign in the dome entryway | 
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| Amandroids head for the Herc | 
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| There's a huge crowd at the pax terminal | 
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| A bunch of Amandroids leave | 
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| Herc on deck | 
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| What the pig head is doing here, I have no idea | 
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| Jon with camera | 
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| Boarding the plane | 
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| Winter-overs watching... | 
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February 15 (last pax)
| Winter-overs gather in the galley for a quick "closing ceremony" | 
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| The SPAM shirt is handed down to the new South Pole Area Manager, BK Grant | 
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| Katy passes the symbolic "red phone" to our winter site manager Katrin Hafner | 
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| Jerry Marty: "We can't build it fast enough for science." | 
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| Crowd to see off the last pax | 
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| Their Herc on deck | 
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| Hugs | 
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| Get on the plane! | 
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| The plane disappears into its own contrail | 
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| Winter-overs stood and watched | 
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February 16 (last planes)
| It was a grey day with a nice halo | 
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| The last plane, on deck and taxiing | 
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| Takeoff... | 
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| More takeoff... | 
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| The plane did one flyby, but due to visibility they couldn't get very close | 
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| Good-bye! | 
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| The garage, full of large vehicles | 
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| The crowd gathers for "The Thing" | 
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| Eric demonstrates "domebrew" leftover from last winter | 
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| After the movie, Eric has taken a nap on a snowmobile | 
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