Reconnaissance expedition in the Sør Rondanes
The field guides Jacques Richon and Alain Hubert, accompanied by the photographer René Robert embarked on a three-day reconnaissance expedition in a vast unexplored region, some 150 kilometres from the Princess Elisabeth Station. These reconnaissance expeditions allow the team to find safe paths on the glaciers to take the scientists into the field and to test the material they need to survive in the extreme conditions of Antarctica.
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The base camp of the team at the bottom of Tarnet Peak
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The ski-doos are the most efficient way to travel on these glaciers
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Nunatak and windscoop, Nipebreen Glacier
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Tarnet Peak
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Gjelbreen Glacier, seen from Menipa
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A windscoop carved out by the wind
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Ronde Spires, seen from the West
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Ronde Spires
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Tarnet Peak (1527m), seen from the North
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The ski-doos and sledges help the team haul the material
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Menipa Peak
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The base camp in the field
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Alain Hubert inside the tent at the base camp
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Windscoop
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Bautaen Peak (1639m)
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Ronde Spires
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Bautaen Peak, seen from the South
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An ice field pictured against the daylight
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The katabatic winds glide over the Bergensenfjella Glacier from the plateau
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The katabatic winds
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Tarnet Peak seen from the South
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The blue ice on the Gliterefonna Glacier
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Small repairs on the tongue of a sledge
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An immense glacier on the east side of Brattnipane
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