Gauthier Chapelle sailed to Antarctica onboard Polarstern

Gauthier Chapelle, scientific officer for the International Polar Foundation, has left Cape Town aboard the Polarstern on the 23rd of November 2006. The German research vessel is now sailing to Neumayer to refuel the German Antarctic Station.

News, pictures, interviews and scientific articles will be published regularly on IPF websites, on top of the weekly reports: Sciencepoles will feature scientific articles and interviews of scientists onboard, while EducaPoles will feature educational news and picture galleries.