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After several challenging days navigating heavy sea ice, the cargo ship finally arrives at the coast, bringing long-awaited supplies.

The traverse team sets off towards the coast, beginning a long journey across the Antarctic plateau to meet the incoming cargo ship.

An experienced climber, PEA Station Doctor David Werlan has no problem going up the 30-metre tower in front of PEA to install instruments for the SnowFlux project.

Rainette Engberg from the EPFL in Switzerland poses with a sonic anemometer used in the SnowFlux project near the 30-metre tower at PEA.

Rainette Engberg from the EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland works on setting up a sonic anemometer at PEA for the SnowFlux project.

Station Doctor David Werlen, an experienced climber in his spare time, scales the tower to install instruments for the SnowFlux project as scientist Rainette Engberg from the EPFL in Lausanne, Swizerland looks on.

Scientist Rainette Engberg from the EPFL in Lausanne, Swizerland works on a sonic anemometer at the base of the 30-metre tower at PEA for the SnowFlux Project, which is determining the fate of blowing snow.

ULB scientist Sarah Wauthy and field guide Sebastian Corret prepare a snow core taken near PEA for the PASPARTOUT project, which is looking at the atmospheric transport of various particles from the the mid-latitudes to Antarctica...

Sarah Wauthy (ULB) and fiend guide Sebastien Corret colelct tubes from the Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) auto sampler installed on the PEA’s south scientific shelter for Ghent University as part of the PASPARTOUT project.