Antarctica Supply Ship Offload Time-Lapse

The annual supply ship the American Tern being unloaded at McMurdo Station, Antarctica.
Time-lapse footage taken over 3 days of continuous sunlight towards the end of summer. This is the only time of year the ice is thin enough to get ships in.
In the background the Krasen, a Russian ice-breaker can be seen working a channel in the 2 meter thick ice to keep it from freezing up, so the Tern will be able to leave again.
Every 2.5 seconds of film equals 1 hour in real time.

Blog: www.frozensouth.com
Photos: www.antarcticimages.com

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[WELLBRAN]

I noticed 3 pauses of the cranes...was that lunch breaks etc? lol

[Antzarctica]

God spotting. Yes it was.

[kboss2011]

is the camera facing the northwest?

[Antzarctica]

Yes indeed.

[gothsqwd]

I was there during that offload. When they first opened the deck hatches I was down on the peir directing fork lifts and K-Loaders. During the backload, the forward crane broke down. Made things REAL interesting.

[WELLBRAN]

Okay, not bad for southern hemisphere! usually would be more breaks! only joking of course!

[PinstripeJim]

dude, go to McMurdo. That's all it is in the freetime

[PinstripeJim]

Missles, ICBMs, Delta Force, remote control penguins and seals, Stryker vehicles with snow tires, and coffee.

Antzarctica also forgot to mention the alcohol for the next year.

[PolarPerson98]

This was really cool! I did something similar with one of my videos of the Coast Guard Icebreaker Polar Star breaking ice down by McMurdo in 1998. I sped the film up 4 X so the cracks emanated from the boat like lightning.

[BlondeCurlsBlueEyes]

lol that was kinda funny :D With all the little cranes bouncing up and down and the ship wobbling all over the place lol. Just goes to show, speed things up an add some sweet and sugary music an it can make anything look cute - even a dirty great ship! Very funny :D And it must be really interesting to work there, I'd love to visit it some day...