by Enrique Isla | Dec 27, 2015 | Weekly Report
Friday December 27 2015 Position 72° 48’ S, 19º 35’ W Water temperature -1,5°C Air temperature -4,0°C Christmas also arrived to Polarstern! On the 24th we had a special dinner with salmon, wine and soft light acclimating our table. Everyone wore clothes that we...
by Enrique Isla | Dec 26, 2015 | Weekly Report
Thursday December 24, 2015 Position 70º 36 ‘S, 12º 36’ W Water temperature -1.5 ° C Air temperature -4.0 ° C The last few days I have been very busy and so I could not send a report on Sunday. Among other things, we finally reached the Ekström ice shelf...
by Enrique Isla | Dec 26, 2015 | Weekly Report
Monday, december 14, 2015 Position 62° 36’S Water temperature -1,7°C Air temperature -1,3°C We left Cape Town! Looking forward starting a new oceanographic expedition we depart from Cape Town. For many on board it will be the first visit to Antarctica and for some...
by Enrique Isla | Dec 2, 2015 | Weekly Report
Next Sunday December 6 research vessel Polarstern departs Cape Town for Antarctica. We will navigate to the south Atlantic towards the German, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research station, Neumayer III, fixed on top of more than 600 ft (200 m) of...
