The Ivan Papanin reached Breid Bay with material for the Princess Elisabeth Station
Breid Bay is entirely blocked by thick sea ice. The nearest unloading point is BEL-RAM, 13Km inside the sea ice. The plan is to get as close as possible through …
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Breid Bay is entirely blocked by thick sea ice. The nearest unloading point is BEL-RAM, 13Km inside the sea ice. The plan is to get as close as possible through …
Two weeks in and we have reached the height of the biological fishing program. Catches are mainly processed by Susanne Schöling and Dietmar Pietschok from the maritime city …
On December 22nd 2006, after completing the Stellar Axis star map on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica, artist Lita Albuquerque conducted a performance using an Archimedian Spiral and 51 volunteers from …
Since the beginning of last week, the course is set to the Antarctic Peninsula. But first we had to bypass a large area of sea ice north of Atka Bay …
Jean De Pomereu of the International Polar Foundation is in Antarctica as a photographer for the Stellar Axis project by artist Lita Albuquerque. The project is now taking shape and …
The last week onboard "Polarstern" was predominantly devoted to logistics. We travelled a distance of about 600 km, often with dense ice coverage being left behind as if we were going …
On Friday Antarctica welcomed us with beaming sunshine, majestic icebergs, and a calm sea. The first penguins and seals were sighted resting on the sea ice after foraging in the …
Beside its outreach mission for international media, Gauthier Chapelle -IPF scientific officer onboard Polarstern - is making the follow-up of the expedition accessible to the youth through EducaPoles. Interviews of …
On the 23rd of November Polarstern departed with the ANT XXIII/8 expedition from Cape Town on schedule at 6 pm local time. Shortly after departure the new satellite communication device was …
Cargo operations around and on the Ivan Papanin went ahead without any trouble. All cargo scheduled to be placed onboard sailed with the vessel as it left Cape Town harbour. …