After understanding what would be required, I started getting the first of many lists together. What will I need to carry out a survey like this? Will I need to make any special modifications for the climate? Will it work? What about the back up plans and equipment to make sure I can get the job done if my first choice doesn’t work? All this before I started thinking what I will need to survive and work in a place like Antartica!

I decided the best surveying equipment to take would be GNSS as this is accurate and quick to get the right results when there are no obstructions to satellites. I don’t think there will be many obstructions to the sky where I’m going! Three Topcon HiPER HRs would be the core of my survey kit. Now what else…?