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A joint Brazilian-Chilean-USA expedition at Detroit Plateau Antarctic Peninsula
Glaciological and Atmospheric Studies
December 2007
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GPS Base Station
Ricardo installed a GPS base station for precise coordinate estimates during the field campaign.
Freezer Instalation
Ricardo, Alexandre and Andrei removing snow to intsall a new freezer.
We moved several tons of snow before it was ready for carpenter Jose who built a foundation using leftover lumber. Permafrost is a problem in this area, fortunatelly the freezer is only build for the duration of our project.
