Maitri

Although I am now back in the UK (and have been for some time) I still have a couple of posts to round off the trip. My route out of Halley was a Basler to Novolazarevskaya (a Russian operated Blue Ice airstrip) usually referred to as Novo (much the same as my route in Jan 2013). The Indian station of Maitri is just a few km away on an area of moraine known as Oasis.

Maitri with the icecap rising behind

Three of us had a few hours at Maitri (and a really super meal) to install an experiment (a VLF experiment similar to one that we are operating at Halley). 

Carson, myslef and Ross at Maitri 

Maitri is at a very unusual location, despite being on a rocky island surrounded by ice, it is right next to some fresh water lakes that are ice free in summer.

Here is the team that deployed the experiment.

The team standing in front of the VLF antenna

Unfortunately I didn't get many shots inside the station but here is one.