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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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The Polarstern arrived to pick up our boxes and...to make us fly!!

Posted by Francesca Pasotti (University of Ghent), Belgium on 25 February 2011

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On Monday morning at 6.30 the alarm clock woke me up from my 4 hours of sleep. I wanted to be present at the beach for the arrival of the research vessel Polarstern and assist with loading all our home-going cargo and say good-by to colleagues from the Jubany research group. [blog in English and Spanish]

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Mónica - copepod fishing between the ice floes

Posted by Mónica Hoffmeyer (IADO), Argentina on 24 February 2011

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Hi! I'm Mónica Susana Hoffmeyer, a general ecologist and who became a zooplankton ecologist through time.

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Con viento en contra - The wind against me

Posted by Gastón Alurralde (UNC), Argentina on 22 February 2011

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Muchos dependemos de la navegación y el buceo para llevar a cabo nuestras actividades. Desde que llegamos a Jubany en diciembre, entendí que el viento es uno de los mayores condicionantes a la hora de trabajar en la caleta. [blog in Spanish and English]

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Control del frente del glaciar Fourcade - Monitoring the retreat of Fourcade-Collins glacier

Posted by Natalia Herrera, Hernán Sala & Adrián Silva Busso (IAA), Argentina on 21 February 2011

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Hace tan solo uno pocos años el retrocesos del Glaciar Fourcade (Próximo a la Base Jubany) ha dejado zonas descubiertas de hielo, entre ellas un conjunto de pequeñas islas en la Caleta Potter. [blog in Spanish and English] 

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First dives for me...not a very lucky day!

Posted by Francesca Pasotti (University of Ghent), Belgium on 15 February 2011

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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.

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Meiofauna investigations in Potter Cove: And the show has started!

Posted by Francesca Pasotti (University of Ghent), Belgium on 15 February 2011

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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.

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Bailando al ritmo de los sedimentos - The sediment dancers

Posted by Tamara Manograsso Czalbowski (IAA), Argentina & Patrick Monien (ICBM), Germany on 12 February 2011

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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]

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Last season at Arctowski Station

Posted by Aga Wasiłowska & Marek Rzepecki (Polish Academy of Science, Antarctic Department), Poland on 11 February 2011

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When we are reading the blog from Jubany, we feel a little sad that we could not be in Antarctica this year.

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Marta: sus estaciones oceanográficas acompañada por ballenas - Marta: oceanografic stations with company

Posted by Marta Sierra (IAA), Argentina on 9 February 2011

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Ola! Yo soy Marta Sierra y formo parte del grupo de Oceanografía del Instituto Antártico Argentino. [blog in Spanish and English]

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