Limnology

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 […]

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

“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 […]

“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 […]

“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 […]

“Last night was a bit noisy with 40-50 knot winds rattling the tents, but they were not destructive so all is well here at Lake Untersee.” “As we approach the […]

“We had a very blustery night which made for very noisy tents, but the camp is intact so we are in good shape thus far.” “We will see what the […]

“We have a clear but very blustery day here right now, winds are 30 knots, gusting 45 at times and air temps around -5°C.” “We expect stormy weather to move […]