ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #7
Every person who works in Antarctica has a different experience and takes away different memories because our perception is shaped so much by our previous life experiences. The four of […]
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Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #7
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: BBC enroute to Halley #2
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: BBC enroute to Halley #2Ten days ago we left Cape Town on the RRS Ernest Shackleton bound for Antarctica. Today we hit the ice. And quite literally we are hitting the ice! The ship […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Science from the air #5
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Science from the air #5Wrapping up I have started several of my blog posts saying I am writing in various odd/unusual/uncomfortable locations…the back of a Twin Otter, or in a mountain tent high on […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: BBC crew enroute to Halley #1
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: BBC crew enroute to Halley #1Antarctica is extraordinary. It is a continent of superlatives – breathtaking, beautiful, hostile, awe-inspiring and life-changing. A trip to the ice always gets under my skin. It somehow puts my […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Science from the air #4
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Science from the air #4Culture shock Just over two weeks ago I was writing this blog hunched up in a mountain tent, having not washed for a week, and with the company of just […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Science from the air #3
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Science from the air #3One week on from departing Rothera into the field and the first leg of the PolarGAP survey at FD83 is almost over, I get to sit back, relax a bit […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #6
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #6The challenges of glacier travel The ANiSEED project field area lies between two of the most rapidly changing glaciers in Antarctica, the Smith and Kohler Glaciers. These have thinned more […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Science from the air #2
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Science from the air #2The altimeter in the front of the Twin Otter aircraft is showing 8500 ft as we cruise due south from Rothera research station for the next leg in our PolarGAP […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #5
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #5Greetings from Marie Byrd Land! The waiting is over….we finally arrived at our field site on 11th December, after a 4 hour flight from Sky Blu one of BAS’s fuel […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Polar guide tackles the long wait #6
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Polar guide tackles the long wait #6Life in Antarctica can be difficult but strangely the more difficult it is, the easier it becomes. Life starts to be simple. One only has to do whatever it takes. The […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Ocean meets air #1
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Ocean meets air #1Welcome to my blog. My name is Thomas Barningham and I’m currently in the third year of my PhD at the University of East Anglia. My work aims to understand […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #4
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: Extreme Geology #4Geologist Jo Johnson waits patiently to go deep-field
