Australian Antarctic Division: Leading Australia’s Antarctic Program

Land transport photo gallery

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.
Shipping container is lowered on to the ground by crane.
IT62H loader
Unloading cargo from the ship fast in the ice to a waiting truck
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
Hagglunds
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