Daniel's Antarctic Expedition 04/05!
The journey
Here are some pictures of Hobart and the some things we experienced on the voyage down. There will be more pictures of my adventure as it develops!
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The Old Woolstore Hotel
AAD sign
Vasiliy Golovin Ice Breaker and orange Aurora Australis II
Goodbye from family and friends
Great Southern Ocean
Great Southern Ocean Sunset (courtesy of Melissa Kingston)
Rough Ocean 1 (courtesy of Laurence Clarke)
Rough Ocean 2 (courtesy of Laurence Clarke)
Sea Ice
Pack Ice Seals (courtesy of Laurence Clarke)
New year's eve BBQ party
These pictures were take in the chopper hangar on the back deck of the VG. The party ended well before midnight ship's local time. The seas were getting rough and everyone was pretty tired. But man the BBQ was just great. To get some real Aussie tucker into ya after nothing but snap frozen prepared meals and the Russian specialty Fennel soup, man it was great. We tend to hold out for BBQs on the ship but now that we're casey station we are just pigging out!
The Russian Crew
Mickey and Gary
Some of the Aussie contingent
On the right our leader Martin Betts (Voyage Leader)
The cabin on the VG
The Work Place!
The work/relax place! Also known as the couch!
The recreational area! Also known as the sleeping facillity!
The cleaning area!
More Ice Bergs and things
Ice berg sunset (Courtesy of David Holdsworth)
Ice berg sunset (Courtesy of David Holdsworth)
Pack ice susnset(Courtesy of David Holdsworth)
Casey Station
Casey station sign
A photo of me (I took this myself! I am quite proud of it :-))
Another photo of me (I took this myself! I am quite proud of it :-))
Goodbye Vasiliy Golovnin! Hello Davis Station!
Home Sweet Home! (well for 3 weeks at least!)
Coming into Davis
Coming into Davis
Welcome to Davis station Antarctica!
Space and Atmospheric Science (S.A.S.) building
The Office!
The MST radar
My ellite crew of radar technicians!
They are a little on the short side and have a dress code problem but they are reliable!
My Chief Engineer!
He gets very wound up if the technicians don't perform!
May I present to you Davis Station's chief helicopter engineer!
They say that life can be tough for everyone on this planet nd life in Antarctica is no exception to the rule. Just check out this guy! I mean have you ever seen anyone with more of tougher life than this guy!
Have you ever heard of the movie "The Right Stuff"? Well I don't know about that here, but here is a picture of the boys with there toys! The ellite team!
(Photo courtesy of Tania Ritchie)
Dan gets his jolly off....... the ground!
This is what I was waiting for.... My time had come to pass!
Is clank a normal startup sound for a chopper? Just before take off someone was looking
a liitle worried! (Not that the clank happend! It's just Peter trying to read something on
dash board)
Worried? Who me?
I believe this is what Peter was trying to look at?
The real Antarctica! The Plateau. 5,500 ft above sea level!
The pilot Rick and Me! The cunning intrepid explorer? Well maybe not intrepid, but certainly cunning I think?
Back to base! Land ho!
Adelaide University Physics Department presentation
Here is a pdf version of my slide presentation that I gave to the physics department at Adelaide University.
Last updated Thursday April 21st 2005
Here is a list of what cameras were used to take the various shots
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