Snowtrac on the slope
Regal visit
Antarctica 3 at the Central Masson Ranges
Looking across to Mt Hordern
View from Mt Twintops
Cold run
Spring tripping
Blizz'd In
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Travelling past sunset
Trig point on Peak 7
Heading away
Pre-heating the Polaris
Up to the plateau from Mawson
Mt Bechervaise
All about maps
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Blizzard aftermath #2
Prince Charles Mtns Panorama
The "Nella Dan" returns.
Balloon away
Arrival at PCM Nov 1966
Sunset and a parting iceberg
Surveying on Mt Lacey
Climbing Bechervaise
Midnight sun through Weasel Gap
Looking further south from Mt Lacey
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Another blow
Weather closing in
VW "Antarctica 3" heading across sastrugi
Blizzard aftermath
Adelie penguins
Black-browed Albatross
Up and away
Getting them out
Mawson gets a radar
Aerial Mawson
Merry 66 Xmas
Leaving Mawson #2
Back to Mawson
New generator
Looking south over the plateau
Leaving Mawson
A year's supply
Visiting Adelie and Emperor penguins
Digging out #2
Digging out #1
Around in East Bay
Ghost of Christmas (long) past
Why did we stop?
Full moon over Mawson
The old Sandy Bay hut - and neighbours
The crew
The crew regroups
Frosty beard
Construction site
Aurora Australis to the SE
Aurora australis over Mawson
Snowtrac on the slope
Icy abstract
Climbing to the plateau
Spring Tripping
Nacreous Clouds at sunset
Vehicles at Mawson
The Mawson bar
Midwinter dinner
Dog teams on the sea ice
Snowtrac near Mt Henderson
Dog team passing iceberg
View from the office window
Meet Orhog
Aurora australis over Mawson
Aurora Australis to the SE
Aurora over Mawson Station
Daily water run
Field hut at Fischer Nunatak
Skiing at Fischer Nunatak
Mixed transport at Painted Peak
Weddell seal
To Rumdoodle by VW
Reflective hub cap
Pancake ice
Visiting Adelie penguins
Through Mawson after an early snowfall
View to the north
Snow drifting off the plateau
Nella in the morning!
First blizzard
DUKW going ashore
Arriving at Mawson Station
Strawberry ice cream?
From one extreme to another
Don't dip your wingtip!
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Nacreous Clouds
From an old 1966 slide and from a set moved from the 'other' site. We were knocked over by those clouds behind the meteorological office. They are Nacreous Clouds, also known as "Mother of Pearl" clouds because of their colours or, more currently, as "Polar Stratospheric Clouds". They are made of ice crystals (which give their colour) and are about 20,000 metres high with temperatures dropping to about -80 C. They had always been considered quite rare and I believe our sighting was one of the first confirmed in Antarctica: there have been numerous sightings since.. Ozone depletion caused by chlorofluorocarbon gases has caused the polar stratosphere to become colder in spring (ozone keeps it warmer, so less ozone ie "the ozone hole" means lower temperatures) - yes, this is relevant to climate change. View on black. And HFF!
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when we saw snow, ice and hail all at once with some sunlight ... I think it was perhaps
a similar thing ... rare to see here .... roll on spring ;-) or perhaps a spring roll .. they
are quiet tasty ;-) have a good week George ... oOo
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