To me its an ice palace. As I was standing at the bottom attached to a tube of metal screwed into the ice I could watch peoples' reactions as they slowly spun on a spiders web of rope descending in awe to a magical alien landscape of ice. Very difficult to photograph the scenery or to describe your feelings as you descend into the ice. I hope the photo of Tom Corbett gives you some idea. You really really don't want to fall into one of these by accident.
People seem to stick to the flag line now.
Click on the images to enlarge. Talking of palaces we had some good news from Buckingham Palace. Captain Andy Alsop one of our pilots has been awarded the MBE and Dave Ganiford the out-going Station Support Manager has been awarded the Polar Medal. Both of the lads are typically modest and will not like me mentioning this. The rest of us are pretty pleased for them as the awards are well deserved.