Sky Blu

Sky Blu is an area of blue ice right at the bottom of the peninsula. As its hard blue ice we can land planes using wheel which means we can get out DASH-7 there with its much higher payload than a Twin Otter. Sky-Blu is ideally placed to service to serve BAS's deep field program. Although, when we were there the ice didn't look very blue as it was covered with frost, still hard and slippy mind.

The infrastructure of Sky Blu consists of a few tents, huts, and underground garages.

Blue ice areas are always windy and hence feel cold, so having a warm welcoming tent to retreat into is almost essential. The reflex stoves keep the tent warm, solar panels provide power, with occasional use of a generator for high power items like the breadmaker!

And here is the camp manager, Tom, on domestics duties.

Sky-Blu has a team of three during that runs the camp and re-fuels the aircraft when needed. We doubled the population to 6, and on our last night two Twin Otters were present, stretching the population to a a cosy 13.