Chilean scientist Jose Jorquera shovels snow from a trial pit on the Union Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, Dec. 5, 2018. A group of eight researchers take part in the first activity of the LV Scientific Antarctic Expedition organized by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH). The Glacier Union camp is a Chilean polar station operated by the three groups of the Armed Forces of Chile and the INACH, and marks the beginning of all scientific activities planned in the Antarctic territory for the summer season. Glacier Union is the third most southern camp of the continent and it is only open for a month. (Photo/Agencies)
Chilean scientist Ricardo Jana (L) and a group of military explorers track an area with GPS near the Higgins Nunatak, on the Union Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, Nov. 29, 2018. A group of eight researchers is taking part in the first activity of the LV Scientific Antarctic Expedition organized by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH). The Glacier Union camp is a Chilean polar station operated by the three groups of the Armed Forces of Chile and the INACH, and marks the beginning of all scientific activities planned in the Antarctic territory for the summer season. Glacier Union is the third most southern camp of the continent and it is only open for a month. (Photo/Agencies)
Scientists Juan Manuel Carrera (R) from Venezuela and Jose Jorquera (L) from Chile work inside a snow trial pit on the Union Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, Dec. 5, 2018. A group of eight researchers take part in the first activity of the LV Scientific Antarctic Expedition organized by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH). The Glacier Union camp is a Chilean polar station operated by the three groups of the Armed Forces of Chile and the INACH, and marks the beginning of all scientific activities planned in the Antarctic territory for the summer season. Glacier Union is the third most southern camp of the continent and it is only open for a month. (Photo/Agencies)
Chilean scientist Sebastian Vega examines a rock for lichens on Buchanan Hills, on the Union Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, Nov. 26, 2018. A group of eight researchers take part in the first activity of the LV Scientific Antarctic Expedition organized by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH). The Glacier Union camp is a Chilean polar station operated by the three groups of the Armed Forces of Chile and the INACH, and marks the beginning of all scientific activities planned in the Antarctic territory for the summer season. Glacier Union is the third most southern camp of the continent and it is only open for a month. (Photo/Agencies)
Chilean scientists Ricardo Jana (L) and Francisco Aguirre (R) work on an automatic weather station on the Union Glacier in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica, Nov. 24, 2018. A group of eight researchers take part in the first activity of the LV Scientific Antarctic Expedition organized by the Chilean Antarctic Institute (INACH). The Glacier Union camp is a Chilean polar station operated by the three groups of the Armed Forces of Chile and the INACH, and marks the beginning of all scientific activities planned in the Antarctic territory for the summer season. Glacier Union is the third most southern camp of the continent and it is only open for a month. (Photo/Agencies)
