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How to make friends at the airport

Technicians from the Swedish Polar Research Secretariat with fully loaded baggage carts, ready for departure. Photo: Carl Lundberg Everyone at the airport wants to open the ...

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We have arrived at the Norwegian station Troll

... luggage to Cape Town. After a day of summer in South Africa we boarded the Antarctica flight this morning and are now at Troll, the Norwegian research station in Antarctica. All along the plan so far. -6 degrees celsius, overcast and no ...

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Neumayer - the research station on the ice shelf

Summer in Cape Town. Photo: Carl Lundberg Big icebergs floating around in the sea ice. Photo: Carl Lundberg Once in Antarctica we repack our luggage in a Twin Otter, equipped with ...

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Life can be hard in Antarctica

... Photo: Carl Lundberg The first time is too hard for many chicks. Photo: Carl Lundberg Reed about the work at Neumayer in Swedish

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So close but so far away…

1-0 crane vs. Ola. Photo Carl Lundberg Karin and Par visit the bar and telling stories about traveling in Africa with Station Manager Eberhart. Photo Carl Lundberg Agulhas II circles in the ice. Photo Carl Lundberg Read the blog post in ...

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No ship today

... it is still working to get trough the ice. Instead there was a fire drill. It is still warm, overcast and no wind. Attached our season’s greetings! All the best from your team at Neumayer!

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Julafton 2016

... konvojen i dimman. Foto: Carl Lundberg Ingen jul utan Lederhosen, Stefan mitt i bilden elektrikern som övervintrat. Till höger radiokillen som skall övervintra, han kunder svenska! Foto: Carl Lundberg Julmiddag. Linda, chefen för ...

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Christmas Day

Ola tankar och resten babblar med Stefanie som övervintrat som ingenjör. Hon hjälper oss på sin lediga dag. Foto: Carl Lundberg

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Christmas third day

Packat och klart strax innan jungfrufärden med näst intill max-last. Alla i teamet inkluderades i beslutet om var vi skulle ...

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Boxing Day

Karin and Pär rescues Ola with the technique ”manskapsdrag”. Photo: Carl Lundberg Crack climbing is not a problem! Poto: Carl Lundberg Read the blog post in Swedish

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Speed record to Neumayer

Snowcat 15 is designed to fit into a container. Stefan is the driver , Pär directs. Photo: Carl Lundberg Karin and Ola fetch ...

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Happy New Year!

Ola, Stefan and Calle on their way to Neumayer to pick up more the second batch of cargo. Photo: Carl Lundberg Happy New Year! Ola, Stefan and Calle drove to Neumayer yesterday to get the second ...

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New Years Eve in Antarctica

At Neumayer we’ve got our self out of bed at 7 for breakfast and then we’ve got help from two machine ...

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Driving in the dark (white)

Stefan is shoveling what seems to be quicksand. Photo: Carl Lundberg Ola pumps tires. We have compressors built into the cars. Photo: Carl ...

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God fortsättning

... We test if it’s okay to have coffee break in the tent. It is! Photo: Carl Lundberg Highlight of the day! Marinated springbok fillet with horseradish cream for an appetizer. Photo: Carl Lundberg Read the full blog post in Swedish. ...

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Latest news from Wasa catering, cargo and real estate Inc.

... to the way-point Abzweig Wasa. Photo: Carl Lundberg Calle and Karin having an Ernst-moment, all shall be accommodated around the dining table. Photo: Carl Lundberg Karin and Stefan carries the new freezer into the the ...

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From Gothenburg to Troll

Cape Town’s most known landmark, the table mountain. Tablecloth is a weather phenomenon seen during summertime, it consist of thin mist flows down from the mountain. Photo: Henrik Törnberg Our ...

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A day of waiting

The Basler DC-3 Lidia landing at Troll. Photo: Henrik Törnberg The Norwegian research station troll. Photo: Henrik Törnberg Troll gives us a perfect ...

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With a 75-year-old to Wasa

The rear wheel digs itself deep into the loose snow during the landing at Wasa. Photo: Henrik Törnberg The Canadian crew at Lidia. Photo: Henrik Törnberg Breakfast at Seven and then meeting with ...

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