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Current Casey Temperature
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February
2005 |
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Photo: B
Bailey |
MONTHLY SUMMARY FOR
FEBRUARY 2005 |
Highest temperature
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4.4°C |
Average max
temperature : |
0.2°C |
Lowest temperature
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-10.4°C |
Average min
temperature : |
-4°C |
Highest Wind
Gust : |
84 kts |
Snow : |
20 days |
Blowing Snow
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2 days |
Strong Winds
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14 days |
Gale Force
Winds : |
6 days |
Blizzard
[Vis <100m] |
1 days |
Photo: J.Golding |
| The warmer than average temperatures for early February provided us with some spectacular melt streams and lakes which causing some scientific experiments to vary how they were accessed, this allowed for equally dramatic and beautiful iceberg cruises and photo sessions. |  |
Photo: E.
Merfield |
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| Peter and Brad have been having success with their measurements of gravity in the area. Last Friday, they headed out in inflatable rubber boats to measure gravity in the Donovan group of islands, about 12 km to the northwest of Casey Station. After setting up equipment on Chappel Island, they cruised about the nearby islands taking shorter period measurements. |
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This
repeated as far as possible measurements taken in the 1960s - precise
measurements of gravity can assist in estimating the change of elevation
of the surface, shedding light on such processes as the slow rising
of the land after being pushed down by the weight of ice during
the last ice age. |
Photo: L.
Cowled |
| For a week or so, Casey has been running on the emergency power house generators. This was to allow the diesos, sparkies and plumbers to carryout the annual maintenance and major instalation work, including new VFD's to the heating hot water system. |
| Late Friday afternoon the Fire team conducted some routine fire training, including breaking into a frozen melt stream and pumping to fill the fire tender, cconcluding with a session of 'point-and-spray'. Many were soaked and cold, leaving with a taste for revenge but refreshed with those essential skills in saving lives. And best of all, the session finished up with Friday drinks at the EVS with a keg and a pile of snow. |  |
Photo: J.
Smith |
Photo: T Jackson |
With all the fine sunny weather most people found reasons to head off station on the weekends by way of vehicles, hiking or skiing. |
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A couple of us spent the weekend camping at Browning near the Vanderford Glacier, then hiking out to a wallow where elephant seals are currently moulting. Then spending the rest of Saturday skiing, carving up the slopes of fresh virgin snow. The next day was completely opposite with an overnight storm dropping over 1/2 metre cover of thick powder snow, some what restricting and slowing our movements to the next seal wallow. |
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Photo: E Merfield |
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Photo: E
Merfield |
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