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Brocken spectrums are commonly seen from airplanes when the shadow of the aircraft is projected on the clouds below, here when flying above the Transantarctic range.
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Aerial view of Concordia taken with a camera suspended from a tethered helium balloon.
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Twin otter getting ready for departure.
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Twin Otter in landing approach above the flags of the Dome C summer camp.
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Approach to the bay of Terra Nova, before landing on the remaining sea-ice.
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Twin Otter flying above a 'small' tabular iceberg.
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Flying above the edge of the ice shelf. This is an example of what can break and form into tabular icebergs.
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Flying above the edge of the Weddell ice shelf.
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Flying above sea ice, where breaks into the ice have refrozen into some imitation of roads.
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Flying above a different kind of sea ice, a mix of sea-ice and strastrugi from recent snows (I guess)
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Aerial view of Dome C, the summer camp and the Concordia buildings before their completion (dec 2004).
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Aerial view of Concordia located at the top of Dome C.
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Setting up flags on the roof of Concordia.
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Airstrip on Mid-Point Charlie on the high antarctic plateau.
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Refueling the Twin-Otter at Mid-Point Charlie on the way to Dome C.
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Mountains and glaciers while flying over the Trans-Antarctic range.
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Two very different glaciers merging. The start of a central moraine is visible on the right, between them.
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Eroded mountains and glaciers while flying over the Trans-Antarctic range.
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Passengers sleeping during the long flight back from Antarctica. The noise level on board the aircraft is so high, it precludes any conversation. You either read or sleep. Or watch out the window in first hour of the flight if you are fortunate enough to have a window seat.
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A Twin-Otter in flight, the workhorse of Antarctic operations.
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A twin-otter propeller, protected by heated blankets.
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Refueling the Twin-Otter.
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Unloading the Twin-Otter.
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Waiting for the arrival of the first Twin-Otter.
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Waiting for the arrival of the first Twin-Otter.
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