Antarctic Research Centre - Te Puna Pātiotio’s Post

🏁 And we’re off! SWAIS2C’s on-ice season is officially underway, with the first of the team departing Scott Base on their extreme polar road trip – 15 days across the Ross Ice Shelf in a convoy of Antarctica New Zealand PistenBully polar vehicles. 🛷They’re towing sleds laden with fuel, equipment, and provisions to sustain our deep-field research camp for the approximately 8-week season. The traverse team of six are making great time, some high winds along the way – check out these pics from mechanic Joe McDougal direct from the ice shelf. 🛩️Once they complete their 1128 km journey and arrive at KIS3 they’ll create a runway on the ice, so the drillers and science team can fly into the camp. We can’t wait to get to camp and get cracking with our ambitious mission to obtain a deep geological record from the seafloor below the ice and ocean. Find out more 👉https://lnkd.in/gtUa7-Yg 🤝GNS Science, Victoria University of Wellington, Antarctica New Zealand, ICDP - International Continental Scientific Drilling Program, ANZIC, AuScope, NERC: Natural Environment Research Council, National Science Foundation (NSF), Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR), Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI), National Institute of Polar Research, British Antarctic Survey, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College 🎥Joe McDougal / Antarctica New Zealand Map graphic SWAIS2C / Quantarctica Norwegian Polar Institute