by Enrique Isla | Jan 27, 2016 | Weekly Report
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...
by Enrique Isla | Jan 5, 2016 | Weekly Report
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...
by Enrique Isla | Dec 29, 2015 | Weekly Report
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...
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...
