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Away Team Update: DLR TRIPLE-IceCraft Expedition To Antarctica – Final System Tests And Completion Of Preparations For Drilling – Part 4

by Keith CowingMarch 16, 2023March 17, 2023

Soon it will be time for the big test of our TRIPLE-IceCraft probe, which is to melt its way through the almost 100-metre-thick ice shelf north of Neumayer Station III. […]

View of our container from Neumayer Station, the antenna dome (radome) and the Polar 5 aircraft Credit: DLR/RWTH Aachen/Dirk Heinen

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Away Team Update: DLR TRIPLE-IceCraft Expedition To Antarctica Part 3

by Keith CowingMarch 5, 2023March 27, 2023

The seventh day of our Antarctic expedition to test the TRIPLE-IceCraft melting probe begins for me and all the new arrivals in our segregated living area: our joint COVID-19 test […]

We have moved into the front orange cabin Credit: DLR/RWTH Aachen/Dirk Heinen

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Away Team Update: DLR TRIPLE-IceCraft Expedition To Antarctica Part 2

by Keith CowingMarch 4, 2023March 3, 2023

At the time of our arrival at Neumayer Station III. Technically it is morning, but the long journey has messed up my internal clock.

Well-equipped for icy temperatures – us in polar clothing Credit: DLR/RWTH Aachen/Dirk Heinen

Analog Studies, Arctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Away Teams & Field Reports, Cryobiology, Enceladus, Europa, Exploration Gear & Tech, Icy Worlds, Microbiology & Virology, Planetary Protection & Biosafety, Robotics/Rovers/UAVs, ROVs/Submersibles/Diving, Status Report, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Away Team Update: DLR TRIPLE-IceCraft Expedition To Antarctica Part 1

by Keith CowingMarch 3, 2023March 3, 2023

Some regions on Earth are as mysterious as distant celestial bodies – but equally explored. These include subglacial lakes in Antarctica. These lakes lie under a permanent layer of ice, […]