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Team Change at PEA

Better weather returned to Utsteinen, allowing the Basler DC-3 to land, bringing new team members to the station. Among the new faces are scientists and a few IPF staff members. Not long after their arrival, the newcomers were briefed and the expeditions for the coming weeks were prepared; the second part of the season now begins.

  • PEA team getting ready to offload the Basler DC-3 at Utsteinen airstrip - IPF

    PEA team getting ready to offload the Basler DC-3 at Utsteinen airstrip

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  • After four days in Cape Town, a team of 9 Germans and 8 IPF staff members has just landed in Utsteinen - IPF

    After four days in Cape Town, a team of 9 Germans and 8 IPF staff members has just landed in Utsteinen

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  • The IPF team discusses the technical program and the support to be provided to the scientists - IPF

    The IPF team discusses the technical program and the support to be provided to the scientists

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  • First briefing with the BGR team on the scientific program to be carried out in the coming 6 weeks - IPF

    First briefing with the BGR team on the scientific program to be carried out in the coming 6 weeks

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  • Meeting in the doctor's office to discuss the helicopter rescue scenarios - IPF

    Meeting in the doctor's office to discuss the helicopter rescue scenarios

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  • David Rigotti, our cook, will be very busy cooking for the station's 25 inhabitants - IPF

    David Rigotti, our cook, will be very busy cooking for the station's 25 inhabitants

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  • Preparing turkey is an art, even more so in Antarctica - IPF

    Preparing turkey is an art, even more so in Antarctica

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  • After the meetings, the team enjoys lunch - IPF

    After the meetings, the team enjoys lunch

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  • The newcomers settle in around a nice meal - IPF

    The newcomers settle in around a nice meal

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  • One of the German scientists testing one of the emergency exits of the Princess Elisabeth Station - IPF

    One of the German scientists testing one of the emergency exits of the Princess Elisabeth Station

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  • Blue ice can be found everywhere in Antarctica because of the strong winds - IPF

    Blue ice can be found everywhere in Antarctica because of the strong winds

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  • The Yukotori Nunatak, where snow petrels gather to breed in the summer - IPF

    The Yukotori Nunatak, where snow petrels gather to breed in the summer

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  • Expedition Leader Alain Hubert in front of Yukotori Nunatak - IPF

    Expedition Leader Alain Hubert in front of Yukotori Nunatak

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  • Bamboo poles mark out a safe route for the team when heading into the field - IPF

    Bamboo poles mark out a safe route for the team when heading into the field

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  • North of Smalegga, where the Belgians kept a depot in 1959-60, almost everything is intact - IPF

    North of Smalegga, where the Belgians kept a depot in 1959-60, almost everything is intact

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  • The team takes advantage of the nice weather to scout the area on ski-doos - IPF

    The team takes advantage of the nice weather to scout the area on ski-doos

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  • This windscoop was carved out by the wind, and the heat of the rocks makes for a flat frozen lake - IPF

    This windscoop was carved out by the wind, and the heat of the rocks makes for a flat frozen lake

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  • We are hardly visible in the vastness of these landscapes - IPF

    We are hardly visible in the vastness of these landscapes

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  • Base Commander Nighat Amin at the geodetic landmark the Japanese put in place in 1989 - IPF

    Base Commander Nighat Amin at the geodetic landmark the Japanese put in place in 1989

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  • The geodetic station the JARE 30 expedition placed south of Vikinhhogda - IPF

    The geodetic station the JARE 30 expedition placed south of Vikinhhogda

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  • The inscription recounts the arrival of the Japanese at Vikinhhogda, 23 years ago - IPF

    The inscription recounts the arrival of the Japanese at Vikinhhogda, 23 years ago

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  • Nighat Amin at the point where Antarctica was once joined to the southern part of Africa - IPF

    Nighat Amin at the point where Antarctica was once joined to the southern part of Africa

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  • Motoyoshi San (NIPR) and two aviation inspectors visiting Princess Elisabeth Antarctica - IPF

    Motoyoshi San (NIPR) and two aviation inspectors visiting Princess Elisabeth Antarctica

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  • Johan Berte and Erik Verhagen from IPF explain the functioning of PEA's DPMS to Japanese officials - IPF

    Johan Berte and Erik Verhagen from IPF explain the functioning of PEA's DPMS to Japanese officials

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