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tiabunna club

Posted: 02 Jan 2021


Taken: 06 Apr 1966

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1.5 sec. 28.0 mm ISO 200

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Through Mawson after an early snowfall

Through Mawson after an early snowfall
From an old slide. Mawson was established in 1954 and is the oldest permanently occupied station in Antarctica, seen here in 1966. Almost all these buildings have since been demolished, replaced by vast new structures. This view is looking back through the main part of the station. This also shows the VW "Beetle" with the registration (not visible here) "Antarctica 3".

Some blatant advertising. For the 50th anniversary of our expedition, I wrote a book which is available online as either a hard cover or inexpensive .pdf download. It covers the material I've shown here plus a lot more narrative and images (also some previously untold stories). If you visit the link I've given, you can view a preview by clicking on the book cover, then click on the diagonal arrow at top right to enlarge, then just click the image to flip the pages.

Günter Klaus, Gudrun, Erhard Bernstein, Nouchetdu38 and 18 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Blue rubber octopus
Blue rubber octopus club
I know from long experience that while the VW may have run fine in the cold, it would not be very warm inside :)
10 years ago.
tiabunna club has replied to Blue rubber octopus club
You're quite right, it was pretty frosty!
10 years ago.
tiabunna club has replied to Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Thank you, Tess.
10 years ago.
tiabunna club has replied to Treasa Ui Cionaodha
Thank you.
10 years ago.
 RHH
RHH
Looks very cold and reminds me of how thankful I am that winter is over.
3 years ago.
 Malik Raoulda
Malik Raoulda club
Une belle et impressionnant capture... Bon weekend.
3 years ago.
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Another excellent and interesting image George, the book looks fascinating.
3 years ago.
 Marie-claire Gallet
Marie-claire Gallet
I am freezing when I see this image, George, lol !!!!
3 years ago.
 Jaap van 't Veen
Jaap van 't Veen club
Can (almost) feel the cold.
Stay healthy and take care.
3 years ago.
 Jean
Jean
Looks like you got plenty of practise in walking around on ice. The book sounds really interesting.
3 years ago.
 Berny
Berny club
Great, and it reminds me of my old Volkswagen with the same kind of bumper:
www.ipernity.com/doc/berny/3261310
3 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
drie jaar eerder (1963) was hier in NL de strengste winter van de eeuw
3 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Wow ! Looks really cold !
3 years ago.
 Léopold
Léopold club
My radar eyes caught at first the legendary Volkswagen !
3 years ago.
 Gillian Everett
Gillian Everett club
Interesting to see
3 years ago.
 Günter Klaus
Günter Klaus club
Das kann man sich heute gar nicht richtig vorstellen,unter welcher Kälte ihr früher gearbeitet haben lieber George,das ist echt eine tolle Leistung:))

Ich war ja früher auch Briefzusteller bei mir in der Stadt und da war ich das ganze Jahr immer mit dem Fahrrad unterwegs,vor 30 Jahren hatte es so im Winter bei uns auch so ca -20 Grad,das war schon richtig kalt,aber ihr habt sicher noch höhere Minusgrade gehabt lieber George :))

Wünsche noch einen schönen Tagesausklang,ganz liebe Grüße Güni :))
20 months ago.

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