Jon Seddon's Photos - Antarctica - Rothera

In February 2003 I flew from Halley to Rothera and stayed for the 2003 Winter. Rothera was an amazing contrast to Halley with mountains and lots more wildlife.

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The cross on top of the Point in memory of the several people who have died while working out of Rothera. The Bonner Lab and the mountains of Adelaide Island at Rothera. Brash ice and low cloud in Ryder Bay, Rothera. A Twin Otter on the apron at the end of summer. The Bonner Lab early in the morning towards the end of summer. Ryder Bay seen from the front door of Rothera Base early in the morning in autumn. The hangar and aircraft early in the morning on one of the last days of the summer. The view south from Rothera early in the morning in autumn. The runway and bergy bits towards the end of summer. The southern end of the base early in the morning in March. My skidoo and sledge in front of mountains on Adelaide Island during a winter trip. My skidoo and sledge on the Fuchs Ice Piedmont during a winter trip. Stokes Bay seen from the top of McAllums Pass during my first winter trip at Rothera. Mountains on Adelaide Island seen from the east during my first winter trip at Rothera. Mountains on Adelaide Island seen from the east during my first winter trip at Rothera. Mountains on Adelaide Island seen from the east during my first winter trip at Rothera. Mountains on the north end Adelaide Island and a flag marking the route seen during my first winter trip at Rothera. Me all kitted up to go and climb a mountain called Point 762 during my first winter trip at Rothera. Jon Bursnall (the Field Assistant who took me on my trip) posing on top of Point 762. An ice berg in sea-ice off Rothera Point in Winter. Fuchs House (the field store) and Admirals House (the main accomodation building) during the permanent darkness of winter. One of the winterers plodding through the deep snow around the base during the winter. There are some nacreous clouds visible in the sky. The sewage treatment plant, sea ice and small bergs in Hangar Bay over winter. Me surveying the straightness of one of my science masts. A nacreous (high-altitude) cloud over Rothera. A nacreous or polar stratospheric cloud over the winter sea ice. The chemical reaction that destroys atmospheric ozone takes place on the surface of these clouds and so their increasing number in the Antarctic Spring is important to observe. Me working on the Lidar experiment to measure the temperature of the atmosphere up to 120 Km above the Earth. Ice bergs off Rothera Point on a snowy day in September. A Canadian Twin Otter landing at Rothera in September to evacuate an ill winterer from the American South Pole base. Chrissy J with his favourite bull-dozer after clearing snow for the South Pole evacuation flight. The Canadian Twin Otter being backed into the hangar after landing for the South Pole flight. The first aircraft in the hangar during the evacuation-flight preparations. The view west to the mainland of the Antarctic Peninsula from Rothera. The base taken using a semi-fisheye lens in Spring. Some of the experiments that I looked after at Rothera. A Low Power Radiometer studying atmospheric gravity waves upto 100 Km above the Earth and the GATF hut containing more sophisticated optical experiments studying the atmosphere above the Antarctic. Raised foot prints left in the snow after a storm. The view west to the Antarctic Peninsula from the GATF hut late in the winter. A recent storm has cleared the sea ice and the sea is beginning to freeze again close in to Rothera. The Lidar Lab. Adam, Rich and Jon (the 2003 Rothera met team) about to climb a mast to attach an antenna. One of the mountains (Point 762 or the Myth?) on the eastern side of Adelaide Island seen during my second winter trip. Jon Bursnall on the lead skidoo and sledge, during my second winter trip, heading north on the Fuchs Ice Piedmont on the eastern side of Adelaide Island. The top of the rubbish dump above the Chilean Carvajal base on Adelaide; the rubbish was left from when it was the British Adelaide Island base. Jon Bursnall - the Field Assistant who took me on both of my winter trips at Rothera. Our skidoos parked up for the night above Carvajal. The view south along the eastern coast of Adelaide Island from Carvajal. The remains of a BAS Single Otter at Carvajal. Funky shapes cut into the ice by the sea at Carvajal. Buildings at Carvajal at sunset. Pancake ice in a small cove at Carvajal. Me digging out the main door of the Chilean Carvajal base. My skidoo and sledge on the Fuchs Ice Piedmont after climbing up out of the mist covering Carvajal. Me and my skidoo. Jon Bursnall with his skidoo. A skidoo and sledge overlooking the cloud covering Carvajal and the north-eastern tip of Adelaide Island. Looking west from Rothera Point, over the GATF hut to the Antarctic Peninsula. The northern end of the runway. The glacier rising up from it is the one we'd head up and then traverse across to get to the snow-boarding area.

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