Land Ho!

It had been a much anticipated vision to see the base and final destination. Although it was also frustrating as it would be another 3 days to get there through the thick fast ice which the boat had some difficulty with. Often becoming stuck or stopping to let the helicopters off.

It does look like the ship is not there yet but at 3.6km off the shoreline it is parked in at a distance but truly stuck! All of the heavy machinery can drive over the ice to get the 100's of tonnes of equipment and supplies off the ship! The ice is up to 1.75cm thick that is almost as tall as me and as hard as reinforced cement.