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Hello
from Awesome Mawson!
(part 1 of 2)
Sunday 24th Oct 99
Hello
Everybody from Awesome Mawson !
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Finally
! 12 months and three weeks after applying for the position
of Atmospheric Space Physics Engineer at Mawson I am here
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After
2 weeks on the Aurora Australis, and plenty of rocking, rolling,
ooohhhing and aaahhhing I was glad to get off the boat. I
had a great time on the ship and will not forget it - so I
have attached a few pictures showing the seas and ice...
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Last
Wednesday, I left the Aurora Australis onboard a Sikorsky
S76 helicopter and flew for over an hour (160 nautical miles
= 296km).
The
journey was over sea ice for part of the way, then over "fast"
ice (ice that is solid and at least 1 metre thick) before
landing at Mawson.
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experience of riding in a helicopter, and over Antarctica would
have to be very hard to beat - and then only by actually being
here. |
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have attached a photo of the helicopters being assembled before
leaving the ship as well as a view from
the helicopter (see right) and me in the helicopter.. |
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I
had some worries with all my cargo being brought in on time because
the helicopters were grounded for a day due to bad weather, however
in the end (and because of unfortunate circumstances), I received
all my cargo.
Email
continues in part 2
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