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Beautiful colours of sunset reflecting off sea ice, plateau ice and hagglund at the same time

Yellow and Blue Hägglunds approaching Colbeck Hut

Quads on sea ice

Pioneer and smaller tracked vehicle (Hagglunds) parked on the ice near Rumdoodle peak.

Unloading cargo from the ship fast in the ice to a waiting truck

Shipping container is lowered on to the ground by crane.

An excavator clears snow in foreground with a large green building in background

An expeditioner standing next to the Challenger tractor, on the Antarctic tundra

A truck which is largely buried under snow at Mawson station.

A crane at Mawson lifts a shipping container from the barge during the over water resupply.

Casey ski landing area at dusk with a large tracked vehicle to the right

Quadtracs parked at the skiway for the evening

Machinery clearing runway at dusk with snow being projected out like a fountain.

Large tracked vehicle clears snow on runway

A large proof roller flattens the icy runway

Challenger and Hägglunds vehicles parked in the moonlight underneath a wide sky of stars

Two vehicles park in the snow with men emerging from each vehicle

Mawson station Hagglund heading off in the morning twilight

A person riding a quad completely kitted in cold weather gear riding a quad in the snow

Expeditioner driving a hagglund, photo taken from inside the hagg

Blue and yellow Hägglunds tracked vehicles on the ice

Mawson Station Expeditioner undertaking driving training in the new Green Hagglund

A green Hagglunds travelling through some terrain

Orange vehicle with a cab for passengers and tracks.

Poles being removed with the North Masson Ranges in the background

Mawson station Pioneer tracked vehicle

Expeditioner riding quad facing camera

An expeditioner sitting on a quad bike during training

A riderless quad bike stands in some rather icy conditions

Reed Burgette riding the snowmobile equipped with GPS for surveying.

Teamwork with sleds

Equipment containers on sled

Expeditioner in blue jacket and orange hard hat driving green tractor on rocky beach whilst another expeditioner in black and orange suit and yellow helmet looks on

Launching a Zodiac IRB by tractor

Three men in yellow gear hold pumps to refuel a quad bike

Expeditioners refuelling at Law Dome

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This page was last updated on 3 November 2015.

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