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Halley Web Diaries December 2005 by Jeff Cohen


VPFBC Touchdown

At the beginning of the month with the arrival of the aeroplanes new people come to Halley

New Faces

The arrival of the BAS aeroplanes start the first departures of the winterers

Leaving Halley

Doc School

December is the month of change at Halley with preparation for the new arrivals and relief. The drewry move went so smoothly and quickly this year you would hardly noticed it had happened. With the arrival of the Twin Otters field operations begin This involves collecting data from LPMs and LPRs and the decommissioning the old AGO sites

Field Operations

Relief

 

 

Shackleton At N9
The Winterers group photo

The Winterers group photo

 

 

A 40 knot blow we had early in the month not only blew the Dartcom dome away (not for the first time) but also blew away the sea ice at the creeks making the emperor penguins homeless and fixing the relief site at N9

Dartcom

Dartcom Blown Away

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