Alrighty, a few more photos to keep you going...
So today we took down out GPS that was sitting on the seaice outside Scott Base since last Friday.. We left it running longer than usual for a couple of reasons, including the fact that we put it out early before a storm came through, and that we were off base yesterday so couldn't take it down then.
So after digging the big hole, the storm came through and filled it back up again. As you can see, it's pretty much back to the original level again. So we had to dig that all out back down to the ice (carefully so that we didn't disturb the instrument) so that we could check that the height of it hadn't changed. Once we'd done that, we had to fill the hole back up again, so that no-one fell in it. And so that a penguin didn't fall in and couldn't get out! haha.
The GPS in the 'hole'.
GPS with Ob Hill in the background.
The snow melted off certain parts (the darker ones) of the case first- pretty sweet.
Digging out the hole.. Well, posing at this stage.
Glen re-drilling the hole so that we could measure to the water-level.
Thats a lot of drill.. That's ice at the bottom of the hole.
In the hole.
Again, tidying up the hole. Gives another meaning to 'snowcraft' really.
The covered-in hole.
We got our gear to and from the hole with a sled. This is me pulling it. It wasn't actually that hard..
Pretending to be a sled dog! ;-)
Yus! Finally managed to get some frost on my beard!!!
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