Could we actually get an entire tonne of snow into the digger bucket? Well, with the HBA tile still sitting there unfazed, we decided that n...

With no discernible damage to the tile, it was time to start getting tough. Rather than easing on a few hundred kilogrammes at a time, we de...

During the tests there were numerous members of the team taking photographs. In addition we also had a video camera running ready to catch t...

With the initial preparation work completed, it is time to actually go for it. So, with the area cleared, the digger ready, staff on stand-b...

Before starting, we experimented with the digger by scooping up loads of snow and dumping them on the ground. Using the same technique that ...

One of the purposes of the winter testing, was to check whether a conventional LOFAR High-Band Array (HBA) tile would withstand the Arctic c...

In the last post, we explained how we had started taking a small set of snow/ice cores around the site to assess how the snow had built up a...