Ice Shelf Travel CampingA party of five glaciologists are supported by the staff of Scott Base during deployment of a field camp near Minna Bluff, some 70 km from the base. These images show the range of transport and living arrangement during our 1-month stay in the field, from mid-November to mid-December 2010. | |||
 A pair of Hägglunds (a Swedish built military style tracked vehicle) crossing the McMurdo Ice Shelf. |  Skidoos on the McMurdo Ice Shelf with White Island in the background. |  Bulldozer towing our living quarters, a wannigan, on sledges across the McMurdo Ice Shelf. |  The camp site is now established, with orange sleeping tents and a faded yellow toilet tent on the right (the red flag indicates occupancy!). The alignment of the tents is to minimise drifting of snow. |
 Hägglunds and wannigan facing into the prevailing wind (southerly), with extinct volcano, Mt Discovery, in the background. |  Out in the field during field training; the glaciologists have lunch on a moraine on the ice shelf. |  Towards the end of the season there was a switch of personal using helicopter support. Here the aircraft is approaching the heavily drifted camp. |  The helicopter shuts down while the scientific team discusses future field operations, before two of the party are returned to Scott Base. |
| Photos Michael Hambrey, November and December 2010. | |||