BELARE 2006/2007 - Another lesson from Antarctica
The ship is in the new position off Breid Bay. Brian and the Basler are on stand-by waiting to see whether he should go to collect Philippe Herman and Dieter …
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The ship is in the new position off Breid Bay. Brian and the Basler are on stand-by waiting to see whether he should go to collect Philippe Herman and Dieter …
The brilliant sunshine on Utsteinen today sent our thermometer soaring to 18°C, boys and girls. We were as amazed as you. The day began with the confirmation from Brian …
The first containers and the two Prinoths ice tractors are on the ice but the conditons begin to change. The ice starts to screech, and breaks off at the tide …
The Ivan Papanin is now closer to the coast. The distance across the ice is only 100m. Finally, it looks like the unloading can begin, and the Coast party, 34km …
The Coast party too has a sleepless night. They land towards the west end of Breid Bay, where the ship is anchored offshore, around 2.30 in the morning. At 5.30 am Alain …
The BELARE Expedition finally arrived at Utsteinen. The buzz of excitement mounted as the plane overflew the landing site twice to gauge the ground conditions and test the wind, and …
The International Polar Foundation is developping an exhibition for the DAMOCLES research consortium, which is funded by the EU to research, over 4 years, developments in ice, ocean and atmosphere in …
The outlook is grim. The wind has steadily picked up during the night, and the weather has sharply deteriorated. We will use the time to re-assemble the two skidoos that …
The Expedition with ten members (Alain Hubert, Johan Berte, Gigi Amin, (IPF), Jos Van Hemelryck, Joris Wouters, Dieter de Decker (VRT) Benjamin Luypaert (RTBF), Bernard Bleeckx,Vincent Piret (Aeriane) and …
We spent the morning at the ALCI pre-flight briefing and talking with the pilots about our plans for the coming days. The call finally came at 18.00H – the flight …