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BELARE 2006/2007 - Work at Utsteinen and expedition to the NIPR depot

Remains of Belgian Camp at Smalegga, with Dalton's Nunatak in the distance

Remains of Belgian Camp at Smalegga, with Dalton's Nunatak in the distance

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  • Remains of Belgian Camp at Smalegga, with Dalton's Nunatak in the distance
  • Let's build a base
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  • Dieter C and Alain setting the anchoring points on the ridge
  • Drilling holes in the granite using a pneumatic drill
  • Provisions from the Belgian summer camp circa 1960
  • Second traverse from the Coast arrives at Utsteinen
  • Hammar on the rocks
  • Phil and the Hammar
  • Arriving at Seal Nunatak
  • Releasing the Gomaru from the chilly embrace of the snow drift
  • Loading the Komatsu on the sledge
  • Frank and Phil ready to head back to Utsteinen
  • The road to Bratnippane
  • Bratnippane after sundown
  • Bratnippane in the morning

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