A fascinating look at how the #NZDefenceForce helps out with #science in #Antarctica - they recently unloaded a lot of the #SWAIS2C gear for our upcoming mission examining whether the #WestAntarcticIceSheet melted in the distant past and what that means for our warming world #HowMuchHowFast. We're grateful for all the work they do on the frozen continent.
https://www.nzdf.mil.nz/news/our-history-decades-of-flying-to-the-ice/

Some of the #SWAIS2C equipment (including the all-important drill) is being unloaded at #McMurdo in #Antarctica from the Ocean Giant (big blue ship) by #NZDefenceForce. The causeway in the bottom left has just been built. You can watch the action at... https://www.usap.gov/videoclipsandmaps/mcmwebcam.cfm