The BELARE-JARE Expedition in the Eastern Sor Rondanes
After the successful offloading of the Shirase and the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay, the BELARE-JARE expedition headed towards the Eastern Sør Rondanes.
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Tarnet, 2020 metres.
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The Belgo-Japanese team is ready for departure for the Eastern Sør Rondanes.
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A visit to the former Japanese Azuka Station, only 70km away from the Princess Elisabeth Station.
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The former Japanese Azuka Base
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The ecological footprint of scientific research: waste, localized and not much, along with the vehicles of the former Azuka Base.
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The former Azuka Base has been covered by snow for the last 20 years. Only antennae and meteorological instruments can be seen sticking out of the snow.
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Alain, Nighat Amin and Tsuchiya San at Azuka in front of a classic post indicating distances to major cities around the world.
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On December 29th, 2009 at 2:00 pm, the sun shone brightly. That same evening, the weather worsened to the point that the team was stuck there until January 2nd.
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Lousy weather for the last day of the year. In spite of it, we're planning on celebrating New Year's with our Japanese colleagues from JARE 51.
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Snow piling up around a sledge.
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Passing crevasses on the Byrdbreen Glacier.
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Tsuchiya San and the Japanese field guide Sazaki San followed the convoy on their ski-doos.
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The team waited for Sazaki San and Abe San to find a good location for the base camp.
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Jesko Kaczynski will stay with the Japanese team to search for meteorites and drive the Prinoth.
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Balchen Fjella
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The Balchen Fjella, where members of the JARE-ESRM team found meteorites in 1987.
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Alain Hubert saying goodbye to Tsuchiya San, Expedition Leader of JARE 51 - ESRM
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January 4th, 2010: The team leaves the camp at Balchen Fjella under strong katabatic winds.
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