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  1. 3rd September 2013, 09:11 PM #81
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    and out there

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    Halley station seems a bit on its own.
    Ref; Halley Research Station - British Antarctic Survey

    " Halley VI Research Station is the first fully re-locatable research station in the world. It was commissioned in 2006 and its unique and innovative structure was the result of an international design competition in collaboration with the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The state-of-the-art research facility is segmented into eight modules, each sitting atop ski-fitted, hydraulic legs. These can be individually raised to overcome snow accumulation and each module towed independently to a new location. "

    " There have been six Halley bases built so far. The first four were all buried by snow accumulation and crushed until they were uninhabitable. Various construction methods were tried, from unprotected wooden huts to steel tunnels. Halley V had the main buildings built on steel platforms that were raised annually to keep them above the snow surface. However, as the station’s legs were fixed in the ice it could not be moved and its occupation became precarious, having flowed too far from the mainland to a position at risk of calving as in iceberg. "

    Halley VI Research Station

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    The leg "walking" works well. Dome C (or Concordia) at 10600 feet up on the plateau uses the same principle. Each season as the accumulation rises, a leg is lifted new boards put underneath and put down again.

    Otherwise it ends up like Vostok Station, a now subterranean warren. Hard men those Ruskies.

    Concordia from the Air


    Legs


    Legs from the inside (sorry a bit blurred, we were in a rush)


    Water treatment / recycling plant. It's the European Space Agency testbed for water treatment for manned long duration spaceflight. The end product tasted just fine.


    More info here. http://www.esa.int/esapub/br/br217/br217.pdf
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    Well off topic, but it is part of scientific research!

    I wonder what weight of CO2 humans exhale in a day?

    Ref; Recycling water in Concordia | Chronicles from Concordia

    In an average day a human being or astronaut will, metabolically, consume about 1 kg of oxygen, 1 kg of food and 3 kg of water, so water recycling is an important aspect for planning long-term expeditions. The more we recycle, less consumables are need to be transported on a mission, be it to the International Space Station or Concordia, cutting costs and freeing transport for scientific experiments and equipment.
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    Home of the Blizzard, pitching a tent

    This piece of documentary footage captured by Frank Hurley between 1911 and 1913 during Mawson’s Antarctic expedition, shows Lieutenant Belgrave Ninnis and Dr Xavier Mertz setting up their tent. Another shot shows them lying in their reindeer sleeping bags for warmth.

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    Home of the Blizzard (1913) clip 3 on ASO - Australia's audio and visual heritage online
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    Robert Falcon Scott’s South Pole Expedition - tent

    I intend to show as a theme the shelters, tents and buildings leading up to today's highly developed buildings.

    Ref; http://9bytz.com/wp-content/uploads/...pedition-4.jpg


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    Land Rovers and Pengiuns

    Ref; Falkland Islands - South Georgia - Antarctic Peninsula - Moglander's Travels

    Land Rovers on the beach in the Falkland islands.

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    mobile shelter and fishing a hole in the ice

    Ref; My Antarctic Adventure: September 2013 By Craig Hayhow

    After brunch, I packed the orange Hag with a jiffy drill and all my fishing gear and headed out onto the sea ice. This time I chose a spot over near west arm close to the rocks which I hoped to be about fifteen meters deep. I drilled two holes and lowered my camera down one and started fishing in the other.

    It was bitterly cold at minus twenty six but the sun was warm on my frozen face. I got lots of nibbles from tiny fish but no decent bites and I realised I was fishing on the edge of a steep cliff face which dropped down to about ninety meters so I decided to move to the shallow channel between east arm and Hump Island.

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    Cat gone South

    Ref; My Antarctic Adventure: Thursday 29th August 2013


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    Bechervaise Island huts

    Ref; This week at the station — Australian Antarctic Division Bechervaise Island huts (Photo: Darron Lehmann)


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    Lucky to be there and not in the pot

    Ref; Heritage — Heard Island





    A bit of a Furphy


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