Two men and a tracked vehicle

A thermos with coffee and a roll of duct tape. Ola, Pär and a 15 year old tracked vehicle is ready for a 18-hour journey to the way-point Abzweig Wasa. Photo: Carl Lundberg

Tables are getting fixed

Calle and Karin having an Ernst-moment, all shall be accommodated around the dining table. Photo: Carl Lundberg

Two persons carrying a freezer

Karin and Stefan carries the new freezer into the the water-melting-room. Photo: Carl Lundberg

Yogurt

It’s in the kitchen the magic happens – Wasayoggi. Photo: Carl Lundberg

Three men sitting around the stove

Stefan, Pär and Ola sitting around the stove. On the table, multimeter, tools and lubricants! Photo: Carl Lundberg

The water pump getting repaired. When the trash can tip over you know its time to go for the day. Photo: Carl Lundberg

The water pump getting repaired. When the trash can tip over you know its time to go for the day. Photo: Carl Lundberg

Snowmobiles in front of a mountain

Snowmobiles reconnaissance around the mountain to find terrain for a rescue exercise. We only saw one Petrell. Photo: Carl Lundberg

Fika

Cinnamon bun and Ballerinakex gives the feeling of ”home away from home”. Pär imagined that the coffee tasted like detergent. Calle and Ola was easily influenced and entertained with Pär. Karin and Stefan drank tea. Photo: Carl Lundberg

Stone coloured with white and orange

We look forward for an explanation from the geologists why the stone look like this. Photo: Carl Lundberg

After another period without a clue of the date it was, we have figured out That it is January 9 today. And it is good to know Because tomorrow will our colleagues be travelling from Cape Town. Just like we did, they first fly to Troll. Currently it is not known if they will stay for a night or fly out straight away. There has been some confusion with flights between Cape Town and Troll. The warm weather has made the airstrip warm, and since it’s made of ice it needs go get a little bit harder so that the air planes are able to land.  So they have talked about moving to flights till nighttime.

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