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GARS Image Gallery

O’Higgins at the north end of the Antarctic Peninsula

DLR’s German Antarctic Receiving Station GARS O’Higgins (white containers and antenna system in the foreground) is next to Chile’s Base General Bernardo O’Higgins (red buildings). 

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The containers for operations and accommodations at DLR’s GARS O’Higgins station with the antenna system in the background

At right is the station’s infrastructure container, separated from the main station for safety reasons. 

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The 9-m antenna system in receive mode at the GARS O’Higgins station at dusk

 

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The 9-m antenna system in receive mode at the GARS O’Higgins station with floating icebergs in the background

 

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The 9-m antenna system in receive mode at the GARS O’Higgins station with a group of gentoo penguins in the foreground

 

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Snowmobile transfer to O’Higgins from a higher-sited landing strip on Cape Legoupil glacier.

 

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Twin Otter propeller aircraft of the Chilean air force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile) on the glacier landing strip at Cape Legoupil near O’Higgins

 

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Airborne Twin Otter propeller aircraft of the Chilean air force (Fuerza Aérea de Chile) near O’Higgins

 

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On a transfer by rubber dinghy from O’Higgins to the Chilean navy‘s icebreaker Almirante Oscar Viel

 

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Hercules C-130 transport plane of the Brazilian air force (Força Aérea Brasileira) approaching “Frei” Station on King George Island

 

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Hercules C-130 transport plane of Força Aérea Brasileira (FAB) at “Frei” Station on King George Island shortly before departure for Punta Arenas

In the background there is an airplane of Aerovías DAP, a private airline. 

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View of the bay from the GARS O’Higgins station with Mount Jacquinot (475 m altitude) in the background

 

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Icebergs in the bay near O’Higgins

 

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Icebergs in the bay near O’Higgins

 

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Icebergs in the bay near O’Higgins

 

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Glacier ice cliff at Cape Legoupil east of O’Higgins

 

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View from O’Higgins toward Kopaitic Island at full moon

 

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Gentoo penguins at O’Higgins

 

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Gentoo penguins at O’Higgins

 

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Antarctic sea lion at O’Higgins

 

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’Paloma Antarctica’ dove at O’Higgins

 

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Checking the antenna reflector after snowfall

 

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Cable spiral in the foot of the antenna

 

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DLR engineer working in the operations room of the GARS O’Higgins Station

 

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The central operations room of the GARS O’Higgins Station

 

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180° Panorama:

View of Schmidt Peninsula with the Chilean Base General Bernardo O’Higgins (red buildings). DLR’s GARS O’Higgins Station with its 9-m antenna system is behind it and not visible from this angle. 

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180° Panorama:

DLR’s GARS O’Higgins Station (white containers) with its 9-m antenna system, as seen from the adjacent infrastructure area. 

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