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After storage in the garage during winter, the large water melter for washing and cleaning is reinstalled next to the dome.
Assembling of Weatherports for sleeping. They are heated (sort of), have wooden floors and bunk beds... What more luxury can one dream of?
The generator delivers electricity to camp and the excess heat warms up the dome and melts water for showers and the kitchen.
In order to protect the cables from passing vehicles, the cables are bundled up and placed in shallow trenches to be covered with snow.
In order to protect the cables from passing vehicles, the cables are bundled up and placed in shallow trenches to be covered with snow.
Chris mounting the snow blower on the pistenbully
The balloons and tubes lined up before use
The tubes for inflation of the balloons
View of the to be science trench
Joel is a bit icy...
View from the tunnel into the to be science trench
Father and son of snowblowers
The balloons are slowly covered with blown snow which hardens to form the roofs
Cutting at full speed.
View of the to-be science trench
Ventilation tubes are mounted before the trenches are closed
Malte and Helen are holding the ventilation pipes while field leader JP is inspecting the work
Balloons are being rolled out
It's soon time to start pumping
An intricate set of hoses are being laid out
First air …
The future tranches are slowly being filled with the huge balloons
Placing the first main trench ballons
Trench ballons and the upright access-hole balloon in the background
The balloon trench designer watches his plan unfold
Ready for snow!
Ballons
Trench designer JP in front of the filled main tranch balloon
The balloons are slowly covered with blown snow which hardens to form the roofs
Only the access-hole balloon peeks up over the surface. The rest of the balloon have been covered with snow and the snow is now hardening
The deflated balloon is hoisted up.
A rare sight - A perfectly round hole in the snow
In front of the abyss
Where two balloons met, there is need for some manual trimming
Inside the newly cast trenches, walls and floors are trimmed
Trench and deflated ballon
The underground network of tunnels is slowly taking shape.
Preparations for the construction of the foundation for the drill and inclined trench into which the drill tilts.
Builing of the floor in the drill trench - in the coming field season big grates will be put on top of the floor to prevent the floor from being too slippery.