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Field training images

Expeditioners with ropes on stretcher on steep slope
Learning to handle stretcher during SAR training
Photo: A. Hull
Expeditioner about to descend down cliff with stretcher
Expeditioner during search and rescue training
Photo: A. Hull
Expeditioners climbing up and down ropes from the ship to the sea ice

Field training learning rope skills on the sea ice
Photo: Andrew Cianchi

Expeditioners in helmets looking on while trainer kneels next to stretcher
Search and rescue training
Photo: A. Hull
Expedtioners standing with arms folded having strapped other expeditioner into stretcher - with legs and feet only showing
Search and rescue training
Photo: A. Hull
Expeditioners pull rope tied to quad bike
Quad rescue training
Photo: A. Hull
Expeditioners looking at map
Expeditioners learning map reading & navigation skills
Photo: A. Hull
hands on map witih compass
Compass navigation is an essential skill for many expeditioners
Photo: A. Hull
Mawson Station Expeditioners on field training
Field training - glacier travel with ropes linking people
Photo: Zane Hacker

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