BELARE 2007-2008: Setting Foot at Utsteinen
This first photo galery on the BELARE 2007-2008 expedition shows progression of the buiding team in Utsteinen. You will see that the base camp has been fully set up with relative comfort, that the Prinoth tractors have successfully hauled back the containers from Breid Bay, that the garage construction is well on its way and, finally, that the team has begun drilling the anchoring holes for the station in the Utsteinen ridge.
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The base camp mess tent at Utsteinen.
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Prinoth hauling supplies from the containers in Breid Bay back to the base camp. Six containers full of wood, fuel and equipment were left for storage during BELARE 2006-2007.
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The Hammar fell into a crevasse on the first traverse to the coast. Luckily the crevasse was quite narrow and it only took the men about 10 minutes to free the Hammar sledge.
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The snow had to be cleared from the site first before beginning to build the garage.
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Setting up the second weatherhaven at Utsteinen.
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Building the Garage
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Progression on the Garage
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Dieter Callaert beginning to work on the identification of the anchoring position of the Princess Elisabeth station building.
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Drilling Anchoring Points
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Drilling on the superposed granite blocks that make up the ridge. Drilling equipment arrived on the 16th of November.
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Snow Crystals
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View on the Container Convoy
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View from the Vikinghögda on the Utsteinen Nunatak.
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Sunset on the base camp.
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