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Research Stations at King George Island

Posted by Valeria Bers, AWI, Germany on 3 February 2013

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Our trip to Carlini took quite some time. From Buenos Aires via Santiago de Chile and Punta Arenas finally with “Antarctic Airways” to the Chilean station Frei.

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Arrival at Carlini

Posted by Ulrike Falk (ZFL), Germany on 29 September 2012

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This year, the arrival to the Argentine station on King George Island was very smooth. The Chilean Hercules left at 8:20 on September 25. after arriving on the Fieldes Peninsula, King George Island, I just waited about an hour at the landing strip for the weather to clear up so that the helicopter could take of.

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Arriving at Jubany...

Posted by Christian Hass (AWI), Germany on 10 November 2011

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We starteted on October 26th in Hamburg to fly via Franfurt to Buenos Aires. On the 30th we took a bus to Mar del Plata which is a comfortable way to travel since the buses are very much like the first class in an aircraft.

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The voyage with Polarstern to Jubany

Posted by Ulrike Falk (ZFL), Germany on 25 February 2011

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Once again by ship, we left the continent to our next expedition to Jubany. For Hilke it would be the first trip to the Antarctic and we were both very excited, also because we were now travelling on board of the Polarstern.

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At Jubany at last

Posted by Dolores Deregibus (IAA), Argentina on 29 December 2010

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Finally, after what had seemed half an eternity, we left Marambio. The Chilean Twin took us to Frei, the Chilean Antarctic Base. The flight was really nice and short. The view from the plane was spectacular; we could see amazing icebergs, colors and shapes from the air.

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Into the Cold – Our journey to King George Island – Part 2

Posted by Donata Monien, Patrick Monien (ICBM), Germany on 22 December 2010

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After three days of waiting and travelling we arrived at Jubany.

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The voyage to King George Island

Posted by Ulrike Falk (ZFL), Germany & Matthias Braun (University of Alaska), USA on 6 November 2010

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On October 22nd finally our voyage with the Russian ship Polar Pioneer from Mar del Plata to King George Island began. It would be longer than we thought before.

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My first time in Antarctica

Posted by Harald Poigner, AWI, Germany on 6 April 2010

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Preparations before expeditions are always exciting. No matter if it’s a private trip to some destinations in the European Alps or it’s scientific expedition to one of the remotest areas of the world - Antarctica.

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