Photo gallery: Balleny Islands

ACE Expedition
2 min readFeb 6, 2017

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After the Mertz stopover, ACE expedition reached the Balleny archipelago, a serie of uninhabited volcanic islands.

L’expédition poursuit sa route. Après un arrêt au glacier Mertz, elle a atteint Balleny, un archipel d’îles volcaniques inhabitées.

Photos: Noé Sardet, Parafilms/EPFL.

Balleny Islands, aerial photo mapping survey.
Not an easy task to land on Balleny Islands! ACE zodiac drivers took a while to find a way. /Pas facile de débarquer à Balleny! Les pilotes des canots ont mis un moment avant de trouver un moyen d’y parvenir.
The Akademik Treshnikov in front of Buckle, one of the three principal islands of the Balleny archipelago. /L’Akademik Treshnikov devant Buckle, l’une des trois îles principales de l’archipel Balleny.

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ACE Expedition

Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition — 1st project of the Swiss Polar Institute. It aims to enhance international relations and collaboration between countries