Lake Druzhby

Lake Druzhby was the first lake we visited on out trip over the past 2 days, it is incredible and hard to put into perspective. I have tried to to give you an insight into the ice and landscape.

We left the station on Friday morning for a 2 day trip to check out the freshwater lakes up to Trajer Ridge. Trajer ridge has an apple located there for overnight stays, it is located just under the Sorsdal Galzier. 

The Vestfold's Hills are pretty amazing and we get to enjoy them, unfortunately I doubt I will get to see all of the sights they have to offer, but i will do my best. We stayed in Watts hut, another accommodation unit provided for scientific and recreational trips. These huts have been here for quite a while and hold a certain character about them, they are used as refuge points for lost or exposed personnel caught out in the weather. 

The only set back is they take quite a while to warm up and more times than not are colder inside than out, however all in all a pleasant site when you are cold and tired.

Enjoy....

 Bubbles caught in the ice at Druzhby

 Lake Druzhby just before sunrise

 Dave standing in the middle of the lake

Some larger bubbles caught in the ice

 The Hag parked on the lake

 Across the lake, the glazier can be seen in the foreground (looks like cloud just above the hills)

More bubbles in the ice

 Sunrise over lake Druzhby

One of the tricks here, is to take a light out drill a hole in the ice and illuminate, it looks great.

PJ Lying on the ice at night

 Druzhby before sunrise

 Selfies...

 Trying to warm my feet up in the Hut,

 Dave and PJ enjoying refreshments

 This is fairly typical of the contents inside the huts when you arrive everything is frozen solid

Cheers Dave, bit of a Mr Whippy who poured that.............

Crooked Lake Trip

I was lucky enough to be asked to join a group heading up to Crooked lake and Lake Druzhby, these are two fresh water lakes located in the Vestfold Hills. This trip was undertaken in the Hag with Narelle the Station Leader, Dave Scientist, and PJ Bom Electronics Engineer.

Crooked Lake is situated under Sorsdal Glacier, as stated it is fresh water so the ice is clear and pretty special. Some pics below.  

Crooked Lake accommodation, these are called apples, not sure why........
pretty basic.

 The Hag parked outside the Apple

 Dave preping his gear

View from the Apple across the lake

 Sunrise on Crooked Lake

 The ice

 The ice again

 PJ, getting some video

 Another shot of teh sunrise across the ice

 PJ still setting up

 Ice under foot

 Boulder hill, behind the hill is the Sorsdal glazier

 A close up of the ice

 An Ice structure

Some of the bubbles caught in the ice