We had our first full day here at the ice-runway at Novo Station. We spent most of the day getting several of our snowmobiles working and that have been in […]
Lake Untersee
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 30 October 2021: Novolazarevskaya Station
Dale Andersen reports that he has arrived via na IL-76TD-90VD aircraft at Novolazarevskaya Station aka “Novo”. After this year’s gear is collected and stowed the traverse to Untersee Oasis will […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 29 October 2021: Heading Back To Untersee Oasis
Dale Andersen: While at Untersee Oasis, we will continue our studies of Lake Untersee and it’s stunningly beautiful and interesting ecosystem. This year we will again be diving beneath its […]
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Video: Drone Footage Of Lake Untersee, Antarctica
Dale Andersen: A quick video tour of Lake Untersee using drone footage I captured including views of our camp, a drive across the lake from our camp to the pressure […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 6 December 2019: One Week Left For Science
Last night our weather shifted from sunny skies to low-cloud, light snow and light but gusty winds, our highest gust today being about 30 knots. The forecast is for more […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 29 November 2019: Diving For Science
We have been keeping very busy these last couple of weeks, trying to take advantage of the nice weather (mostly calm and with clear skies more often than not). Today […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 11 November 2019: Melting A Dive Hole
We have had pretty good weather since we arrived at Untersee and have kept pretty busy getting the camp pulled together and starting up the science ops. Earlier forecasts suggested […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 7 November 2019: Camp Established
We spent the last several days getting the camp established and today the last tent (the Weatherport to be used at the field lab) was put in place. We drilled […]
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Astrobiologist Dale Andersen Antarctic Status Report 6 November 2019: At Lake Untersee
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 […]