Sunday, February 8, 2009

Crevasse Reconnaissance


The glacier is melting away under the snow machines- look at the one behind Russell


Russell and I on the rope line


Paul beginning his descent into the crevasse


There he is, way down there

And coming back up


Kevin gives it a try


The first part is the hardest


Looks like fun


Paul and I switched hats- okay, maybe it's an Antarctica thing


We had two Artists and Writers Grantees on station for a month and they wanted to be lowered into a glacier crevasse to have a better look at ice from the inside. To prepare for that, some of the members of the GSAR team went out to find a crevasse for them. We found one that would work about 200 yards outside the flag line and cleared it out. Paul, Kevin and Russell all descended into it to have a look. I really didn't feel like going in, so I stayed on top and took pictures.

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