Science Blog
Viewing entries posted in January 2011
Melting glaciers change Antarctic colors - 15 y from white to brown
When I first came to Jubany in October 1995, the surroundings of the station were dominated by the huge Collins glacier.
Tamara´s first stormy day in Jubany
I am Tamara, part of geological team of the Instituto Antártico Argentino in Buenos Aires. Our group works with the sediments of the last 10.000 years, hydrogeology, glaciology and permafrost.
Reinstalación de la estación de medida de CPE-KG-62ºS para registro de descarga glaciar
Salimos de España el 31 de diciembre de 2010. Nuestro primer avión hasta Santiago de Chile despegaba a las 23:55. ¡Sí, poco antes de la entrada del Nuevo Año! Fue la opción más barata que encontramos.
Re-installation of glacier discharge station CPE-KG-62ºS
We left Spain on December 31, 2010. Our first plane from Madrid to Santiago de Chile had its lift-off at 23:55h. Yes, shortly before the New Year started! The most economic option to fly to South America!
Global warming and bottom fauna
This is my first time in Antarctica. Up to now, I have been working at the State Museum of Natural Sciences of Córdoba in Argentina for four years.
Sediment & Whales
At the beginning of the new year we finally started the sediment sampling within our geochemical project.