Antarctica and Tractors

Dropped some of the guys running the South Pole traverse at McMurdo today. Two traverses, leaving the end of October a week apart. One has 9 vehicles, one 10.


PS Judd - yes they did...

Pics from today. Minus -32°C - a stunning day on the ice.

Airport vehicles
http://dancolborne.smugmug.com/photo...-2KVFv77-M.jpg

And unloading....
http://dancolborne.smugmug.com/photo...-txzpnwp-M.jpg

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Originally Posted by stallie

Dropped some of the guys running the South Pole traverse at McMurdo today. Two traverses, leaving the end of October a week apart. One has 9 vehicles, one 10.

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The route is known as 'The South Pole Traverse', also called the McMurdo – South Pole Highway which is 1,600 km long, built from compacted snow the road links the coastal, United States' McMurdo Station, to the Amundsen–Scott Station at the South Pole.

Ref; File:Map of the McMurdo-South Pole highway.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/09/1599.jpg
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Ok,, I'll ask-

Why the two trips?

I think the answer to that will answer why 19 vehicles :angel::D

I'll ask the rest of the guys tomorrow (if the weather clears) how much the traverse is towing.

Ref; AntarcticArctic | words from the ends of the earth | Page 3

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Ref; AntarcticArctic | words from the ends of the earth | Page 3

I wonder what the story is behind this picy?

Drag Queen ready to return to McMurdo

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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

The route is known as 'The South Pole Traverse', also called the McMurdo – South Pole Highway which is 1,600 km long, built from compacted snow the road links the coastal, United States' McMurdo Station, to the Amundsen–Scott Station at the South Pole.

Ref; File:Map of the McMurdo-South Pole highway.jpg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/09/1599.jpg
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Halley station seems a bit on its own.

And what's on signy?

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Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Ok,, I'll ask- Why the two trips?
I think the answer to that will answer why 19 vehicles

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A reason !

Ref; The South Pole’s Fuel Supply | Jeffrey Donenfeld
The South Pole Traverse Arrives | Jeffrey Donenfeld

http://jeffreydonenfeld.com/blog/wp-...rf4dxOmnq8.jpg

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Originally Posted by juddy

And what's on signy?

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Ref; Signy Research Station - British Antarctic Survey

Signy Research Station https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...13/09/1597.jpg

Position: Latitude 60°43' S, Longitude 45°36' W, Factory Cove, Borge Bay.

Purpose: Penguin, seabird & seal biology, limnology and terrestrial biology related to the southern ocean ecosystems and climate change, long-term monitoring in particular for the Committee for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).

Occupied: 18 March 1947 to present. From 1996 as a summer only station.
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