Earth moving in a land of ice

This baby is one of roughly 5 that will be used to clear ice where it is not needed and move ice where it is needed.


During storms in Antarctica wind driven snow builds up on the leeward (down wind) side of any obstacle, this forms sastrugi (term with Nordic descent) which hampers ease of movement and which we need to remove from time to time.  On the other hand we melt snow for drinking water and we therefor collect ice for this purpose.  


Our whole team had the very empowering experience of handling these 20 odd ton machines.