With now only 17 days before the first flight out of Halley and 4 weeks to the end of season and the ship leaving, some of the modules have been moved to the new Halley site 15kms away. By the time we all leave they will all be at Halley 6 and linked together.
The mechanics of moving an 80 ton building on skis is interesting to watch; although there is little friction once on the move, actually getting them moving is fairly tricky as they have sunk a little in the snow with the effect of the sun, and had a lot of wind blown snow around them. A ramp has to be made and then the module is pulled ( and pushed) until it is out and on the prepared track to it’s destination. The buildings themselves have 100mm movement from one corner to the other, so lets hope the decoration can take all the twists and bumps. It will be interesting to see the centre module (about 150 tons) eventually move in a couple of weeks.
In the meantime the Americans came to retrieve their weather equipment, and the training for the marathon has continued, despite the lowering temperatures (-16 last Monday when I did 15kms).
Here’s hoping for a sunny day on the 13th with no wind…………
Series - Antarctic Painting
- Polar Painting
- Journey South
- The Journey Continues; Iceberg Ahoy!
- Ice Ice Baby
- The Weddell Sea
- Nearly there!!
- Halley 6 : On The Ice
- All Work and No Play
- Different Shades of Grey
- Racing Penguin
- The Move Begins
- Moving Postcard from Antarctica
- Winter approaches
- The Halley Marathon
- The Final Week
- The Journey North
- Antarctic Painting – Year 3
- Antarctic Demolition
Crikey, only 17 days left – is that when you have to leave Ian, on the first plane?
Nice shot of you with the Yankee plane, were you the official welcoming party?
… 😎 Cool sunnies too dude! 😉
No, he’s leaving by boat via the Falklands.
What/who does the pushing and pulling?
btw – I wanted to support you on your marathon, but the link to ‘just giving’ is for Ian Prickett and Christina Noble Childrens Foundation. Is that the right charity? You’re not mentioned as part of the team so I was wondering if there was another link?
Failing that… how about a bottle of whisky if you do it. Half a bottle if you make it half way?
🙂
Thanks for the card! We loved it!
Good luck with the run!
Great photos again. Since your jacket isn’t zipped up to the neck I gather it was not -16 when that photo was taken :freeze:
The module looks like a spacecraft with a docking station