Departure and the end
Tuesday, January 1st, 2013
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- Twin Otter arrives for the first uplift
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- Loading supplies and equipment
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- Up, up and away…
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The clear-up begins
Saturday, December 29th, 2012
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- Dismantling the boiler container
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- Packing up the science tent
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- Recovering the remaining fuel
A hard decision
Friday, December 28th, 2012
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- The decision was made
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- The hose was cut
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- Not such a merry Christmas
Fine margins
Friday, December 28th, 2012
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- The boiler was fixed…
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- The drill worked well to 300m…
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- But the cavities would not connect properly
Snow management
Sunday, December 23rd, 2012
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- Clearing snow from the fuel drums
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- A perfect snowflake
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- Pete – SLE’s extreme cameraman!
Delivery complete
Saturday, December 22nd, 2012
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- Andy & Andy wait for the aircraft
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- Sign here please!
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- The Twin Otter heads for Rothera
Life on the ice
Friday, December 21st, 2012
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- Alien visitor – a met balloon overhead
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- Shoveling duty now 10 mins per hour
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- Inside the toilet tent!
High-res panoramas
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
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- The enigmatic Ellsworth Mountains
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- Inside the main weatherhaven tent
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- Wind-blown sastrugi surround camp
Note: these are high-res images and so may take a few moments to view.
Holding pattern
Wednesday, December 19th, 2012
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- Recording water temp. in the tanks
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- Welding a bracket for the Sno-cat
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- Snow for water from the ‘clean zone’
Snow sampling
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012
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- Sampling over 1km from camp
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- Data provides a local biological profile
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- Snow is collected in sterile containers
