We spent the last several days getting the camp established and today the last tent (the Weatherport to be used at the field lab) was put in place.
We drilled a hole through nearly 4 meters of ice yesterday about 100 m from the camp to obtain water for drinking and cooking so we are almost set to go – we now have shelter, heat and water. Tomorrow the lab tent will be set up inside and I will likely fire up the hole melter to test it out, and will soon begin making a dive tent.
The forecast for the weekend includes a bit of wind and snow, but it does not appear that it will last too long:
SAT Broken clouds, east-southeast about 25kt, at night further incr. winds up to 40kt.
SUN Frequently overcast skies, some snowflakes and east-southeast 45kt/blowing snow.
– Latest Weather Observations for Novolazarevskaja, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
– Antarctic weather satellite imagery
– Earlier reports
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