Just as Australian explorer and pioneer Douglas Mawson was at
the forefront of Antarctic exploration, his legacy is being kept
alive by the Mawson's Huts Foundation, charged with the
protection and promotion of Australia's Antarctic heritage.
Beyond the horizon and in the most hostile conditions known to
man, Mawson's Huts Foundation looked to a modern-day technical
pioneer, SatComms, to support their latest expedition to the
Antarctic, with cutting-edge Inmarsat BGAN technology to assist
with final confirmation of the exact location of Mawson's
historic mono-plane. Lake Hoare camp manager Rae Spain hooks a
sling load onto a helicopter at Lake Bonney in the McMurdo Dry
Valleys. Helicopters are vital to the research conducted by the
U.S. Antarctic Program. Photo Credit: Charles Hood Scientists
can now tap into a flow of new data that will help to determine
exactly how Earth's ice is changing. This information from ESA's
CryoSat mission is set to make a step change in our
understanding of the complex relationsh