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With Scott to the Pole BAS at Lake Ellsworth

Lake Ellsworth In December 2012 a team of British scientists and engineers will embark on one of the most extraordinary and ambitious explorations of our time – to drill in to an ancient Antarctic lake buried beneath through 3 km of solid ice. Lake Ellsworth is one of more than 400 sub-glacial lakes found lying beneath the icy continent and for years scientists have speculated that clues to the Earth’s past climate may be locked in lake sediments and that unique forms of life may have adapted to these extraordinary habitats. The only way to find out is to explore. All images © BAS

Halley Research Station Tractor Train

View out of Tractor Train

Union Glacier

Ellsworth Mountain Range

Halley Research Station Tractor Train en route to Ellsworth Mountain Range

Tractor Train en route to Lake Ellsworth

Tractor Train in the Ellsworth Mountains

Lake Ellsworth - Sastrugi Snow Forms

Equipment left on site at Ellsworth for the winter

Equipment left on site at Ellsworth for the winter – aerial view

GPS Station Lake Ellsworth

Seismic Survey Work at Lake Ellsworth

Rothera Research Station Equipment delivery to Lake Ellsworth

BAS Field Camp, Lake Ellsworth

Ellsworth Advance Party

Lake Ellsworth For more information please visit: Photo Credits: Chris Hill, Rod Strachan, Andy Webb and Andy Smith/British Antarctic Survey Kim Crosbie/IAATO Neil Ross/University of Edinburgh

With Scott to the Pole