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... continued For those of you who have not seen Mawson station, I have attached a photo taken from "West Arm" which is the western side of the natural harbour on which the station is located.
Up the hill is the "Aeronomy" building (also shown in a separate photo) where most of the Atmospheric Space Physics experiments are housed. I will be working there by myself during winter, but in summer I share it with the current ASP Engineer. Across the the right is the "Cosray" building which I will also be looking after. Cosray is used for research into Cosmic Ray Physics - particles arriving from outside our Solar System. View a larger version of the Mawson Base Photo There are plenty of other buildings dedicated for other jobs - such as the satellite dish which allows me to send you all this email. In the background is Mt Henderson which is a 2 hour drive up onto the Antarctic Plateau. I will be going up there at some stage this summer, or over winter. I mentioned that all of my cargo came in due to an unfortunate accident. You may have heard about it on the radio. Yesterday, we had a SAR (Search and Rescue) for a expeditioner who had just arrived. She was doing Quad training (Quads are 4 wheeled motorbikes) and drove into a crevasse. She was rushed back to the hospital in the Red Shed. A doctor was flown out from the Aurora Australis to help the doctor currently on base, and, this morning they operated to fix some internal injuries. Luckily, the result is success, and she may be staying on base to recover. This incident brought home to me (and everybody else) how remote and isolated we are - as well has how dangerous Antarctica can be. That is one day I will never forget. Well.. tea is nearly ready, so I will leave it there and write again soon. Regards Kym
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