![heave ho heave ho](offload2418392.jpg) Next! |
![next next](offload2419112.jpg) The last one? |
![not quite not quite](offload2419342.jpg) Not quite. |
![close close](offload2419522.jpg) And one more. |
![not much not much](offload2420112.jpg) And yet one more. |
![a few pieces a few pieces](1ramp2.jpg) Soon there was nothing left except for pieces like these. (SFA) |
![floating floating](3ramp2.jpg) More disassembly. (SFA) |
![barging in barging in](6ramp2.jpg) And more pieces to take apart. (SFA) |
![crowd the tug of the Antarctic](5ramp2.jpg) A closer look. (SFA) |
![the tug of the Antarctic the tug of the Antarctic](pushout2.jpg) Eventually there was nothing left except for MWT-15, seen here nudging the Green Wave away from the shore. (331) |
![time to shove off time to shove off](offload2421402.jpg) Here's the Green Wave moving out... |
![the neighborhood the neighborhood](offload2422382.jpg) All gone! |
![tug here tug here](7ramp2.jpg) Well, not quite gone yet. First, a stop to pick up that last tug. (SFA) |
![just a light tug just a light tug](8ramp2.jpg) Here it is...(SFA) |
![take a bit off the front take a bit off the front](9ramp2.jpg) ...it got taken apart while still under power. (SFA) |
![time to shove off time to shove off](lastpiece2.jpg) Loading the last piece. (331) |
![sailing off into the sunset sailing off into the sunset](goodbye2.jpg) Mission accomplished! (SFA) |
![the bar is open the bar is open](gone2.jpg) Safe travels!! (331) |
The schedule was...recovery of the causeway on the 27th and departure on the 28th. But things happened fast. The ship departed on the afternoon of the 25th!
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The photos seen here were obtained from the McMurdo webcams unless otherwise indicated. Some are from the Operation Deep Freeze (Joint Task Force - Support Forces Antarctica) Facebook page (SFA), and the 331 Transportation Company (Causeway) Facebook page.
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