I am currently in the high arctic sitting (Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada) in a tent next to the Stolz Diapir spring site at Whitsunday Bay. Larger image Wayne Pollard, […]
Dale Andersen’s Field Reports
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 14 December 2013
The Everest tracked vehicle is here with a nice large sled in the back and a cabin attached.
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 13 December 2013
We have completed our work here at Lake Obersee, accomplishing most all of our objectives despite a late start due to stormy weather. Today we started repacking gear and preparing […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 10 December 2013
I just got off the phone with Dale Andersen who is at Lake Obersee, Antarctica. He reports that his team’s dives have been a success and that microbial mat and […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 2 December 2013
We made the first dives beneath the thick, perennial ice (3.6 m) of Lake Obersee yesterday. It was nice being back under the ice again, and its always interesting. […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 30 November 2013
We have had pretty nice weather the last two days so we have taken advantage of it with a fair amount of work. Today we put up the tripod that […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 27 November 2013
The weather today was quite nice. While a bit windy, it was sunny all day which was a nice change of pace. We completed the dive hole this afternoon, and […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 26 November 2013
Today’s weather is a major improvement over what we have seen the last two weeks while in Antarctica. This really is the first day of beautiful blue skies, sunshine and […]
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Dale Andersen's Antarctic Field Report 24 November 2013
My research team and I are now camped on the shores of Lake Obersee, a few km NE of Lake Untersee in the mountains of Queen Maud Land. It was […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Status Report 2 December 2012, Lake Untersee, Antarctica
Keith’s note: Dale Andersen just phone in his latest status report from his base camp at Lake Untersee, Antarctica. Dale was able to make his first dive under the ice […]