DescriptionDeck of the excursion ship Finnpolaris.jpg
English: The excursion ship Finnpolaris weighed 3,000 tonnes when the Indian expedition reached Antarctica. On its deck, a snow vehicle is about to be unloaded by crane onto the sea ice. An Indian Navy Chetak helicopter is being readied for a reconnaissance mission. An Indian Air Force Mi-8 heavy-lift helicopter for ferrying construction materials to the site. One of the two Mi-8s was lost in an accident with no casualties. This photo was taken late at night.
Photo donated by Col Pavan Nair who was then a major in the Indian Army, and led the construction team for the Dakshin Gangotri base station in Antarctica.
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