antarctic expedition

The continent

SWEDARP Dronning Maud Land (DML)

AMANDA/IceCube

EPICA

DROMLAN

Starting point Cape Town…..

…or maybe 4 months earlier

Gateway to Antarctica: an air link between Cape Town to an ice air-

strip at the Russian Researchstation Novalazarevskaya

Carrier: Iyushin 76 (IL-76)

About an 6 hour flight

Off loading at the Novo air-strip

Novo airport navigation tower

Tent camp at the air strip

Novalazarevskaya station

Maitri station

Domestic flights with Antonov 2 (AN-2)

Inside AN-2

The South African station Sanae

Over wintering station, 6000m3

SANAE airport shuttle

←Wasa

Airstrip at Wasa

Aboa

↓ Wasa

↓

Nordenskiöld Basen

Nordenskiöld

Basen

Svea

Neumayer

Sanae

Kohnen

Novo

Maitri

Troll och Tor

The Swedish station Wasa Position 73S 13W. Built 1988/89, Summerstation

Huvudbyggnad kök, tvätt, 12 bäddar

Generatorhus

Garage 3st

Förrådskontainers 3 st Bränsledepå

The Finnish station Aboa

The Sun Terrace at Wasa +5°C 1 m/s

And two days later -14°C 47 m/s

The mess room at Wasa

Distinguished visitors

Getting fresh water

The Supermarket

Supplies well preserved

One of four bed room´s inside the

main building, totally 12 beds Lavatory

48 solarpanels @ 55 W

CNG – cooking, heat & sauna

Windpower at Aboa

Recycling

The Swedish field station Svea 74°35’S 11°13’ W

Inside Svea station

Icefall in Heimefrontfjella

Windtunnels

A day at work

Getting around

TL-4 train 20 fuel drums, 20” livingmodule, 40” transport container

Cruising in Antarctica

The big white

Inside the 6 person module

Nightcamp during traverse

Reparation

Field cook at work

Departure from Wasa