IDEAL House in Punta Arenas

IDEAL House in Punta Arenas

Researchers Enrique Isla of the ICM-CSIC and Humberto González of the Research Center High-Latitude Ecosystem Dynamics (Centro de Investigación Dinámica de Ecosistemas de Altas Latitudes-IDEAL) initiated in October 2018, the scientific cooperation “EDGE”...

Northwards

Friday February 5, 2016 Position 64° 53’ S, 44º 44’ W Water temperature: -0,8°C Air temperature: -0,3°C We did it! We managed to visit the western flank of the Filchner Depression and latitudes north of parallel 76°S over the axis of the Depression where we collected...

The Far West

Sunday January 12, 2016 Position 76° 45’ S,  52º 16’ O Water temperature: -1,9°C Air temperature: -14,0°C After breaking ice and navigate between channels and small cracks between the ice floes covering the southeastern Weddell Sea, Polarstern found its way to the...

Sailing South

Sunday January 5, 2016 Posición 74° 52’ S,  34º 02’ W Temperatura del agua -1,9°C Temperatura del aire -8,0°C This year the characteristics of sea ice are being especially harsh. The maps of ice coverage obtained via satellite indicate that sea ice and icebergs almost...

Drescher Inlet

Sunday, December 29 2015 Position 74° 33’ S, 26º 58’ W Temperatura del agua -1,8°C Temperatura del aire -7,0°C In Neumayer we picked up four colleagues dedicated to the study of marine mammals to bring them to the Drescher Inlet, where this research group has been...