Images – Page 3 – Ellsworth Live

Working as a team

Clearing the entrance to the food freezer

Field Team photo in the igloo-freezer

Scientists Martyn, Dom and David

Feeling the cold

At -38C the big jackets come out

Wind speeds are picking up on site

Home made treats to keep out the cold!

Meet the team – part 3

Martin Siegert – Principal Investigator

Dom Hodgson – Lead Scientist (sediments)

David Pearce – Lead Scientist (life)

Martyn Tranter – Scientist (life)

Team profiles and further information

Testing, testing…

Riet with the main hose connector

Checking connections on the corer

Monitoring the wellhead temperature

Testing the probe for the first time

Ed in the main winch container

-35C (with wind chill) means no bare skin

First team photo

Sun halo over the camp

Heated wellhead lowered into place

The Lake Ellsworth team all together

Science team arrive on site

Martin, Dom, David & Martyn at the camp

They really are in the middle of nowhere!

Aerial view of the whole site

Preparing the equipment

Attaching the hose inside the reeler

Checking the drill hose electrics

Preparing the probe deployment container

First visitors

Unloading fuel at midnight

A full house for lunch

ALE traverse team head home

All work and no play

Preparing the well head

That is one big pile of snow!

Filming in -20C is a major challenge

First container on the rails

Cleaning the wheels ready for fitting

The first container on the rails

Break time for Andy, Reit, Chris & Andy