17 Jan 2008

86.80033 deg S

54.45187 deg E

3151 meters above sea level

Maximum & Minimum temperatures: - 21 to - 30 °C

A fundamental approach is to direct all vehicles and modules against the direction where we expect the storms to come from. We consulted the meteorologists at South Pole before we placed our sledges and modules side-by-side with some 50 meters distance between them. Also, to avoid snow drift it is important to get equipment above ground. Most of our gear is carefully strapped down on sledges and thus fine. However, we had to build a berm for one of the vehicles. We decided to use empty fuel drums as the platform (see photo). Thus, we secured the drums and made a decent platform for the TL-6 vehicle in one go.

- Jan-Gunnar

Chinook on top of empty fuel drums ready for an overwintering (Photo: Jan-Gunnar Winther)