Tidying up the Princess
Each season when the first team arrives at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica one of hte first things they need to do is clear away the snow, start up the station's systems.
In this gallery you see some beautiful photos taken by drone on November 6th, 2023 when the crew first arrived at the station, as well as the work done to get the station in working order so it's ready to welcome scientsits in the coming weeks!
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A drone taking the first images of the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica as the first crew arrives to pen the station for the 2023-24 austral summer research season on November 6th, 2023.
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A lot of snow has accumulated around the station during the austral winter.
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The Princess looks beautiful in the mid-spring evening twilight.
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Over the next several days the IPF team will clear away the snow and start up the station.
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Our hybrid Komatsu excavator, donated to IPF by Komatsu Europe in 2013, is still a dependable lower-carbon workhorse when it comes to clearing snow around PEA.
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The hybid Komatsu excavator easily removes metres and metres of snow!
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