After having a bit of fun with the drone it was now possible to get transport to Union Glacier for the required threshold survey. Traveling back to UG runway in the raised suspension van I jumped out.  I forgot how high the seat was and landed with a thud. Seth my safety guide had very knowledgeably parked the van so it was taking the full force of the wind. I hadn’t noticed how strong it was until heading off across the runway.

Setting up another HR base station in addition to the one left at the camp operations office, to record the runway threshold position and height. The confirmation of the threshold height is very useful for visiting pilots although the landing will be carried out under visual conditions. As this glacier can move 20m per year its a regular confirmation task.

I also took a few cross section points while I was there with a rover pole tip toeing my way across the glistening ice..

I Plan to Post Process this data later against fixed GNSS stations on antarctica, probably using PoleNet as a reference resource. More on that later.