The expedition team is complete!
Finally are all participants gathered on Wasa. Eleven people is now living on Wasa. The connecting group is consisting of four researchers, Neil Glasser, ...
Chef in Antarctica
... own Antarctic master chef. Photo: Henrik Törnberg Karin really plays a key role in the expedition – she makes sure we eat great food three times a day. It requires a lot of knowledge and planning to create a functional food plan for an ...
Mountain guide and safety manager – our handyman in a cold climate
Calle is our mountain guide, safety manager and handyman in this cold climate. Photo: Henrik Törnberg Calle ice the expedition unchallenged champion of Tetris. He’s the only one who has ...
We have the first samples in the bag!
The MAGIC-DML team have been out on their first major trip from Wasa. We have been to a small nunatak called Fossilryggen about 50km across the ice from Wasa. The trip was essentially to test out the vehicles, the ...
Off to Milorgfjella and lots of work at Wasa
Testing the ultrasonic unit. Foto: Karin Winarve Briefing with ruts and satellite data. Photo: Karin Winarve What’s draining the battery? Photo: Karin Winarve Lashing of cargo before ...
Flag fishing and myth of the mummified crabeater seal
Flag fishing. Photo: Karin Winarve Ostrich slices. Photo: Karin Winarve Replacing the garbage bins at Wasa recycling center. Photo: Karin Winarve Aluminum pipes are probably good to something. Photo: Karin Winarve The ...
If a fault occurs, repair it
Garbage bins are loaded onto a sled waiting for transport away from Antarctica. Photo: Karin Winarve The Ex atmospheric radar station is the new warming hut for our gas. Photo: Karin Winarve Cooling food that will be eaten during ...
From gas huts to damaged tracked vehicles
Gas hut in place. Photo: Karin Winarve The days have continued in the same spirit at the station. In the kitchen we have produced lunchboxes for future expeditions. In the yard we have parked the MARA-hut ...
Time to visit our second research station Svea
Adding the route into the GPS. Photo: Karin Winarve After sometime Consideration, we came to the decision to make a trip to our second research station Svea. The aim was to deploy a depot with two ...
Svea return
Dinner at Svea before night duty. Photo: Karin Winarve Before the others had time to wake up all rolled all of the house elfs ...
Happy people packing for the next field trip
Back to yesterday’s view. Sivorgfjella with Scharffenbergbotnen and Svea at the base. Photo: Karin Winarve Still happy from yesterday’s the field trip to Svea. After just a few hours of ...
Scientists in Antarctica - the expeditions protagonist
... student on this expedition. The Magic DML expedition will be an essential part of her thesis. Photo: Henrik Törnberg Nat Lifton is an expert in lab methods and sampling techniques. He help to decide whether it’s worth taking samples ...
Milorgfjella, mapping and sampling
Coffee break on our way to Milorgfjella. On the trailer you can see gray Jet-A1-powered snow melting device that provides drinking water for us together with an assortment of GPS and sampling equipment. The rest of our camping and ...
Field expedition nr. 2
... The field team once sent us a message along the way to their new camp site. The way to Heimefrontfjella and the depot at Steinnabben went really fast thanks to the good weather. They refueled there, hooked on the trailer and started the ...
Working as a technician in Antarctica
Pär Ljusberg. Photo: Henrik Törnberg There’s a lot of technical equipment at a polar research station. At Wasa we have seven snowmobiles, four tracked vehicles, two off-road vehicles, two diesel ...
What is it like to do fieldwork in Antarctica?
The MAGIC-DML field camp on the ice at the mouth of Kibergdalen. Photo: Ola Fredin Inside the mess tent. Photo: Jenny Newall Inside the toilet tent – yes, ...
To Tottanfjella and back – our second major field excursion
From whence we came… Photo: Nat Lifton Tottanfjella, with the Johnsonhogna, Cottontoppen, and Vardeklettane/Ardusberget nunataks from left to right. ...
The expeditions Medical Doctor - always ready, mostly jobless
... medical equipment with him. He keeps the most sensitive drugs next to his body and keeps it in the sleeping bag so that they won’t freeze when we are out in the field. Photo: Henrik Törnberg Henrik is always ready. The medical ...
Meet our expedition leader - Henrik Törnberg
Our Expedition Leader Henrik Törnberg on Månesigden Ridge, Antarctica. Photo: Nat Lifton Every expedition needs a great leader and we are lucky that we have Henrik Törnberg in that role. Henrik was ...
Petermann is the canary in the coal mine for how the world changes
... example of how we study iconic systems. This is the canary in the coal mine for how the world changes. In particular whats interesting with this place is that it has an floating ice shelf that protects the glacier that extends deep into ...