Photographic tour - E-base
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![]() Wildlife Vegetation Landscapes Auroras Vesleskarvet SANAE IV Inside base E-base Bukta Cargo Visitors |
E-base was used as an emergency
base for SANAE III. Since operations was moved to Vesleskarvet E-base
is used a accommodation for people working on the ice shelf and the
drivers that operate on the cargo route to Vesles. E-base is built on
extendable stilts that was raised every second year or as the
snowbuild-up required. This is not done any more as the sub-frame has
become unstable, the base was declared unsuitable for human occupation
and E-base is to be decommisioned at the end of 2004.
![]() The radio room (Die Glaskas) lies to the left and a accommodation block can be seen to the right. ![]() |