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Published: January 4th 2011
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sea ice school
learning to power drill through the ice to the sea beneath... Working and living in the Antarctic environment requires specialized training, especialy if your job has you off-station out on the ice or up in the mountains. Whether you are a scientist or merely supporting science (as I and most of us on station do) there is needed training. From snow- mobile operation to what we call 'Happy Camper' school, (basic polar survival skills) the training is usually intense given the environment, but it can be fun and sometimes awesome! Sea Ice School is one of these, learning how to 'read' the Ice for signs of its condition and thickness, how to drill down and see if its safe to walk or drove over-your life can literaly depend on it, and others with you. Plus you get to go to some cool places! In this class we traveled to Cape Evans, where explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his party began their ill-fated conquest of the South Pole. we practiced our new skills by circumnavigating around a city block sized iceberg, stranded from the previous summer.
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