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Christmas in Jubany

Posted by Dolores Deregibus (IAA), Argentina on 25 December 2011

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The last days have been very interesting in Jubany! The weather has improved a lot and we have been busy working in the Caleta.

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Goodbye, hello, penguins and seals

Posted by Emma Pearson (Newcastle University), UK on 6 December 2011

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This morning we said farewell to the members of Jubany crew who are heading back to Buenos Aires and beyond. However, we then heard that, due to the bad weather, the plane coming to pick them up could not land and so they would stay a little longer.

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Snow, penguins and pizza

Posted by Emma Pearson (Newcastle University), UK on 19 November 2011

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Today was full of blizzard and snow drift, very atmospheric but still not a good day to trek to our lake to do fieldwork. Instead Steve and I braved the elements to have a look at the lakes within the Jubany base area.

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Potter Cove Talk

Posted by Ulrike Falk (ZFL), Germany on 4 March 2011

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Besides the work we get to see a lot of wild life. This also means to watch out for Skua attacks from above, that remind of Alfred Hitchcocks "The Birds".

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Erica se encuentra con un pinguino de siete mil años - a penguin of 7-thousand years

Posted by Erica Lopez (IAA), Argentina on 5 February 2011

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Somos un grupo de trabajo integrado por investigadores y alumnos de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba y del Institute of Low Temperature Science de Sapporo, Japón, que venimos con mucho empeño y entusiasmo a realizar una Campaña Antártica de Verano 2011 organizada por el Instituto Antártico Argentino. [blog in Spanish and English]

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Still in Marambio

Posted by Dolores Deregibus (IAA), Argentina on 18 November 2010

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Week Three...We are still in Marambio waiting for the Twin to take us to Jubany. It is still not repaired, so we have to be patient.

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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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