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Maria Banks' Survival Trench, Antarctica

Completed and furnished (with a sleeping bag rated for minus 40 degrees!) survival trench. A sled and some extra snow bricks are used as a roof. The sled has been pulled to the side to allow a view into the trench.

Image Number: WEB11297-2009
Credit: Photo by Maria Banks
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