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Posted: 26 Jan 2021


Taken: 09 Oct 1966

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Australian Antarctica
Caterpillar D4
caravan trains
copied slide
Mawson
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Antarctica
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field trip
bulldozers
1966
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Minolta Rokkor 50mm 1:1.4


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Spring Tripping

Spring Tripping
An updated copy from an old 1966 slide. The major field trip away from the station was the Spring Trip, here seen at its first stop. The trip was to the northern Prince Charles Mountains and involved seven of us surveying previously unvisited mountains, some 300 km inland - we were away for four months. Everything was moved in caravan trains, drawn by D4 bulldozers.

On the right, the large box is the living caravan for three of us, also serving as the meteorology office, surveyor's office, radio shack, kitchen and mess. Behind it is the smaller rounded living caravan for the other four on the trip. The left hand D4 is pulling two Snowtracs on sleds, while the distant third train is the mechanical workshop, plus fuel and other equipment.

Only a short distance inland, the blue ice seen at the edge of the Antarctic plateau gives way to compacted snow, carved by the wind into waves known as "sastrugi", as seen here. View large.

Günter Klaus, Cämmerer zu Nau, Nouchetdu38, Gabi Lombardo and 26 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club
Facinating! Partly due to the fact that your shots show life and work completely divorced from most peoples experience and understanding of these words!
3 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Que de bons souvenirs chez toi George..!
Bonne journee.
3 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
most beautiful!

Have a great day:)
3 years ago.
 Rosalyn Hilborne
Rosalyn Hilborne club
Such good quality and detail George. Thank you for the information. It's so fascinating and something that most of us could never experience.
3 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
Wonderful photo and information. The colors really stand out on the snow.
3 years ago.

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