The first tasks of the season
At Utsteinen, the station has been subjected to the harsh Antarctic winter on her own. When the team arrives on November 11th 2009, they can see there will be a lot of work to do, and start get down to clearing metres and metres of snow that have piled up.
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View of the station from the West side on the arrival day of the first team.
© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
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The solar panels covered by the snow.
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The mess tent is still standing.
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Back at the station after a year.
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The garages need to be clearer to get the machines out, they will prove helpful.
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Second day: the clearing of the snow is making good progress.
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The snowdrift is machine cut to the maximum, but we will have to use the shovels afterwards.
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The snowdrift, with the chainsaw - 10 meters high and hard snow!
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Seen from the front, it is in good progress... what a relief!
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Intact expect for the little snow.
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On day two, the mess tent is back.
© International Polar Foundation / René Robert
