Merging worlds by Brian Newham

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Merging worlds by Brian Newham

Merging worlds by Brian Newham

Over the last few days we have seen a few birds around camp. They were just distant sightings but it was a sure sign that summer has arrived and life is coming back to the continent. Late last night the five of us stood and watched as a Twin Otter aircraft appeared from the west. We knew it was coming and had been sending weather reports throughout the day and at last it was nearly with us.

Merging Worlds by Brian Newham

Merging Worlds by Brian Newham

Over the last few days we have seen a few birds around camp. They were just distant sightings but it was a sure sign that summer has arrived and life is coming back to the continent. Late last night the five of us stood and watched as a Twin Otter aircraft appeared from the west. We knew it was coming and had been sending weather reports throughout the day and at last it was nearly with us.

Meteorological Observations

Meteorological Observations

Every morning and every evening Brian our Ice Team leader braves the cold and windy conditions to take meteorological observations as part of our very many scientific projects during the expedition. These then get sent back to the Met Office in the UK for analysis and archiving. Below you will find the bulk of Brian’s findings in the form of  four interesting graphs charting the temperature,…

TCJ EDUCATION NEWSLETTER – 4TH OCTOBER 2013

  Expedition news update: Following days of digging out the snow and ice that has built up around the Cats after a long Antarctic winter, the machines are finally clear and the expedition team are now ready to attempt the long return journey of the expedition. A long awaited improvement in the weather conditions have helped the ice team begin the preparations to move north and with som…

Fact of the Day:

Fact of the Day:

1901 – 1904 – Discovery Expedition The British National Antarctic Expedition commonly referred to as the Discovery Expedition, led by Robert Falcon Scott, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross’s voyage sixty years earlier. The ship “Discovery” was built especially for the expedition at a cost of £51,000 (£4.1 m today). Amongst the crew was…

TCJ EDUCATION UPDATE 4TH OCTOBER 2013 – INFOGRAPHIC

TCJ EDUCATION UPDATE 4TH OCTOBER 2013 - INFOGRAPHIC

MARY MOUSE SPENDS THE NIGHT IN A SNOW CAVE

Mary Mouse has been keeping a low profile these recent months on the ice, but now the sun is up she’s out and about making herself busy around camp. Watch this video by Ian Prickett of Mary’s best friend Richmond Dykes showing us what the little mouse has been up to (and find out what a manmade underground Antarctic snow cave really looks like!).

Fact of the Day:

Fact of the Day:

The Belgian Antarctic Expedition of 1897 to 1899 was the first expedition to winter in the Antarctic region. It was also the first scientific expedition to the continent itself. At the age of 25 Roald Amundsen was first mate on the expedition aboard the Norwegian-built whaling ship the Belgica. Unfortunately the vessel became locked in the Antarctic pack ice at 70°30′S off Alexander Island,…

Making Tea in Antarctica

If you ever wanted to know how the Ice Team gets their drinking water, watch this video in which team leader Brian Newham runs us through the process.

Fact of the Day:

Fact of the Day:

Between 1892–1893 Carl Anton Larsen led the first Norwegian expedition to Antarctica aboard the ship “Jason” to explore the possibility of whaling in Antarctica. Larsen became the first person to ski on the continent on the Larsen Ice Shelf, subsequently named after him. He is also remembered as collecting the first Antarctic fossils.

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