Weather Sets the Pace
Activities carry on at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica in difficult weather conditions. The team now prepares to offload the Mary Arctica at Crown Bay and to welcome the team of German scientists arriving whenever weather permits.
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The team loads the garbage containers
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The sorted waste will then be shipped back to Cape Town
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Excess mud from the bioreactors is stored in tanks to be shipped back to Cape Town
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Just a bit of wind (25 to 30kt) and the snow returns to the solar panels
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Paul has to keep the snow melter filled, even when the wind blows
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The spanish press visited the station and enjoyed the "nice weather" a few kilometers from the station
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The bad weather is an ideal opportunity to practice medical evacuation procedures
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Rehearsal: coordination is essential during an evacuation
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Even in poor weather conditions, we have to go outside for work
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The ski-doos are taken out to mark out the roads for the upcoming expeditions
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Installing the Inmarsat for communications during the offloading operations
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Pierre works on the furniture of the kitchen container that will head for the coast in a few days
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Kristof, our Chief Mechanic, is always in a good mood
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The team enjoys a small break at 5PM before getting back to work until 9PM
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Utsteinen seen from the south
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Antarctica is full of these rocks sculpted by wind
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For the morale, here is what our environment looks like when the weather is a lot better
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