Offloading the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay
After battling her way through thick sea ice for several days, the Mary Arctica finally arrived in Crown Bay on December 19th. Ready to offload the ship at the coast, the Ship Ops Crew (Alain, Gigi and the mechanics) left the station in two successive waves. The first team of five arrived with two Prinoths at the coast on the 21st, and after they were rejoined by the second team, the offloading activities began.
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The convoy makes its way through a ramp to the Mary Arctica
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At the end of the ramp, there is an access to the sea ice
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Lined up on the sea ice, the containers are waiting to be shipped back to Europe
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The first containers are hauled to the Mary Arctica
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The cranes of the ice breaker are finally seeing some action
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The containers are moving: the empty ones replace the full ones
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The Mary Arctica waits for the team at the end of Crown Bay
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The weather clears up, but that does not make the job any easier
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One piece after the other, the ice breaker is offloaded onto the sea ice
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Front view of the offloading activities
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The team at work at the Mary Arctica
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The ice breaker's crane at work to remove one of the containers from its sledge
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The Danish ice breaker seen from the back
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The team at work to place one of the containers on its sledge
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The Mary Arctica ice breaker at the end of Crown Bay
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Radar image of the icebergs around Crown Bay
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The team did a recon trip to find a safe path for the Prinoths to cross the plateau
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Alain and Jacques on a recon trip for the meteorites expedition
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