Another Week and More Experiences

Here out at Woop Woop I have spent the last three days in Isolation.
It is up on the Plateau and was reasonably difficult to get to and is the location of the summer skiway. The Groomer is a monster and there are lot of fuel drums and a hut

This is the infamous Sprunky Van named after its maker. It was very cosey when three of us were stuck in it during a blizzard. You can see the Hagglands Blizzed in to the right. It has a radar ontop of it and the skidoo is on its right.

Here I am after the blizzard in the true Antarctica which goes on for 4000 kilometers behind me, all exactly the same on the Plateau. You can also see what happens when blizz gets into your skidoo and what the task of getting it all out before starting work for the day must involve. A lot of hands in cold snow to get the Blizz out of the engine bay to start. We were all picked up after the day of the blizzard via helicopter and returned to the base in time for the Saturday Night Dinner!

It's Hard to Believe That I use a Helicopter to Get to Work!

This was the view over the Plateau from Woop Woop (This is where the two Casa aircraft will be based for the Summer operations. It will be their runway!). It is a long way away and I had to look at all of the terrain to take up the groomer and a Haggland. You'd spend hundreds and thousands doing what I have done in a week in Antarctica. love it!



Aerial views are a great way to suss out which way you are going to go. We just stopped in all the dangerous spots for the vehicles and went and walked it! Giving it a good probing makes everyone feel more confident!



Today was a real struggle as we had to use the Helicopter for the first time. This will be the main form of transport for me over the Summer when the Sea Ice breaks out. Well Choppa out and walk back! Don't worry about the tax payers as I am paying enough tax for a whole workplace to make up for it.

Day 3 Quading and drilling!

Penguin walk foir the Crew out to Gardiner Island. I finished work today at 10:00pm!

Standing outside Bandits Hut. This is one of the more remote locations and took most of the day to get there an back.

Quadding in Antarctica down the Long Fjord.

Helmet Cam! Slick ice in the bckground, even at speeds below 30km the quad can do all sorts of nasty things due to no traction.

This was early in the morning wile testing the sea ice for safety to support up to 20tonne vehicles. 80cm is good and less than 60cm would be questionable for the heavy trucks.

Day 1 & 2 - Antarctica

This was a long day! The flat green thin is the fuel line coming from the ship 3.6kms to the shore! I had to help set it all up in 200m sections then drive a quad up and down for the day to make sure there were no leaks.

Day 2 was being the "sllushy" or dishpig and there are no photos of that as you should know what someone washing lots of dishes looks like. Try doing it for 123 people and see if you want photo's of it!