Our traverse went well and we all made it to Lake Untersee safely. Larger image The snowmobile ride to the lake was nice, we had great visibility, good contrast and […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 3 November 2019: Traverse Delayed
Our traverse to the lake has been delayed a day due to less than ideal weather moving in last night. The winds picked up (40-45 knots for awhile) with blowing […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 1 November 2019: Traversing To Untersee On Sunday
We are almost ready to head to Lake Untersee, the traverse sleds are 90% packed and ready to go, we just have a few more details to attend to tomorrow. […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 30 October 2019: Novolazarevskaya Station
After a very easy, uneventful flight south on the IL-76, we made it to the ice runway at Novolazarevskaya Tuesday afternoon. Novolazarevskaya Station Airstrip – larger image We were greeted […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report: Heading South
We depart Cape Town in the IL-76 for Antarctica at 0900 local. We should be in Antarctica 6 hours later. Cheers, Dale Larger image Flight Departure Information Earlier reports
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report: Seeking The Road Less Traveled
On Wednesday I hit the road and start making my way to Antarctica via Cape Town, South Africa. My team and I will arrive in Cape Town on Thursday, and […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 15 December 2018: Back at Novolazarevskaya Station
“The camp at Lake Untersee is now closed, we pulled the last three tents down early yesterday morning and completed packing our cargo into the sea container with the remainder […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 12 December 2018: Finishing Up Science
“The last week and a half has seen a lot of variability in the weather with katabatics visiting us frequently – this morning at 6am we had gusts hitting 50 […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 5 December 2018: The Final Stretch
“The last few days have been very nice with mild temperatures (-7°C to +2°C), sunshine and little wind.” “We used this time to complete many of the tasks on our […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 28 November 2018: Dive Hole Melting Issues
“The hole melter was returned, but unfortunately it still does not work properly and we are unable to use it to make a dive hole or melt out the light […]