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Sampling and lab-work in Carlini base
Three weeks are gone, the weather is changing very often and the good periods become rare. Good that we took every chance to go out with the zodiacs, sampled water and stayed up several nights to process the material.
Science in the pink tent
Back from Antarctica since three weeks, we are waiting for our equipment and the samples to return on the Russian cruise vessel Polar Pioneer. Next to sediment and porewater samples that we collected together with Jan, about 250 kg of filtered water from Maxwell Bay are making their way to Germany.
My second visit to Jubany
This is my second visit to Jubany. I have already visited the Jubany station in January-February 2010 and that was an extraordinary experience. So I was really excited to find out that also this year our application was approved and that I could leave for another expedition to this wonderful place near Potter Cove on King Georges Island.
Sediment traps and other obstacles
About one and a half months ago, Jöran and I (Sanja) started our trip to Antarctica. Everything went different than planned. Actually we should have arrived at Antarctica before New Year’s Eve, but the Argentinean logistics thwarted our plans.
Vegetación terrestre antártica - Antarctic Vegetation
Hace dos semanas se fueron Steve y Emma. Con ellos, durante todo el mes de noviembre estuvimos trabajando para obtener testigos (tubos) de sedimentos de dos lagos de península Potter (Isla 25 de Mayo-King George Island). [English translation - see below]
First dives for me...not a very lucky day!
Today I have been on the zodiac together with the Argentinean divers, Jorge, Sergio and Eduardo and Gaston in order to sample some cores from my 3 stations.
Meiofauna investigations in Potter Cove: And the show has started!
Finally after the troubleshooting of a few (quiet normal and easily expected in the “in field life”) technical problems, the sampling for the starting of my experiments has happened.
Bailando al ritmo de los sedimentos - The sediment dancers
Somos Tamara Manograsso Czalbowski, del Instituto Antàrtico Argentino, y Patrick Monien, del Instituto de la Química y la Biología del Mar de Alemania. [blog in Spanish and English]
Muddy waters and slippery fish: a good day in Jubany
Good days in Jubany are the ones with less wind. Today was a reasonably good day and nearly all groups could go sampling on the boots.
Glacio-climatic, geocryologic and hydrological changes at King George Island.
Glacio-climatic, geocryologic and hydrological changes at 25 de Mayo (King George) Island. Advances 02/03/2011