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Exercise 2 - Guide the icebreaker through the ice using images and maps - Continued
 
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The expedition would like to visit the Law Base Refugee on Larsemann Hill, its position being 69 deg. 23 min. South, 76 deg. 23 min. East. The actual position of the ship is 68 deg. 30 min. South, 75 deg. 30 min. East.

Let's start working to find a safe way for the ship to pass through, or around, the ice.
 
 

One of the Australian Sations in Antartctica: The Law Base

The landscape near the Law Base


The Chinese Station Zhong situated on the coast

The Russian Station situated also near the Law Base


Working with prints of pictures and maps


 
 
overview map
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The overview map to plot the corner coordinates of the radar image (east).
 
 
overview map, west
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The overview map to plot the corner coordinates of the radar image (west).
 
 
This map serves to get a good orientation of the area
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This map serves to get a good orientation of the area.
 
 
An aerial photo from the possible desembarking area
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An aerial photo from the possible desembarking area.
 
 


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Antarctica 2003 expedition
IntroductionBackground
Exercises
IntroductionExercise 1 - Accompany a classmateExercise 2 - Guide the icebreaker through the ice using images and mapsExercise 3 - Guide the icebreaker through the ice using a computerExercise 4 - Help, the icebreaker is stuck!
Links
Australian Antarctic DivisionMaps Larsemann HillsDavis station - webcam
Eduspace - Software
LEOWorks 3
Eduspace - Download
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