We have arrived at Troll
Jenny Newall has sent an update confirming the team has made it to Troll Station, Antarctica! Let the adventure begin! Photo provided by Jenny. Good ...
Troll, the Norwegian research station
Troll forskningsstation, där vi väntar på att komma vidare till nästa station. En grushög med väldigt fin utsikt! #magicdml Ett inlägg delat ...
We're on board the S.A. Agulhas II
... to Antarctica, including snowmobiles, sleds, and living modules. The ship was delayed leaving Cape Town, and is now at the edge of the ice shelf unloading its cargo for transport to SANAE IV, the South African research station. It will ...
Oväntad vändning, vi är till havs!
... Jenny åkte från Skottland och Robin från Stockholm, fast en dag tidigare än alla oss andra. Det första orosmomentet, att bli av med bagage, visade sig obefogat för alla personer och bagaget kom fram enligt plan. Genom vår agent Belindas ...
Still on the S.A. Agulhas II
View of our field area from the helicopter flight between Troll Station and SANAE Station. Photo: Jon Harbor Getting work done on the ship – planning a reconnaissance flight. Photo: Jon ...
The equipment is now on the ice shelf
... step is to travel over the ice shelf to the edge of the ice sheet, and then on to SANAE (the South African research station). On the 24th we had our first helicopter-based reconnaissance of nunataks (mountains that stick up through the ice ...
New Year’s - good time for fieldwork
Outside SANAE IV. Photo: Jon Harbor At each nunatak site we spent time looking for evidence that the ice sheet had formerly been thicker and covering the rock. ...
Best day yet for collecting samples
Sarah and Robin on the mountain top. Photo: Jon Harbor Glacial striations, elongate scratches on bedrock surfaces, made when rocks at the base of the ice are dragged over the underlying ...
Planning for the unplanned
... was to fly to Troll and pick up passengers, but clouds and low visibility changed the plan. Instead it was decided that we would deploy our first fuel supply. Jennifer followed along in the helicopter to ensure that the supply ended up in a ...
The weather is not on our side!
... During the first four weeks of the expedition we have had unusually many storms. One of the researchers we met here at the South African station SANAE IV is Professor Ian Meiklejohn. He has spent twelve seasons here and never experienced ...
Långt borta, men ändå nära hem
... 14. Dereks resa hit från Glasgow tog 48 timmar och Jon är redan nu i Kapstaden på väg hemåt! Det är en märklig känsla att vara så långt borta, men ändå ha så nära hem. Vi har tillgång till internet via satellit här på stationen. Visserligen ...
Finally beautiful weather
The other day we had a long-awaited change in the weather. Now we have had two days of brilliant sunshine and low winds. The temperature is between minus five and minus ten ...
A productive time at Straumsnutane
With a few days of good weather the team had a very productive time at one of our most northerly field sites, Straumsnutane. This site is on the west ...
South of the Borg Massif
... all the way down here. It is not until now we’ve encountered the infamous sastrugi. It is a kind of snow formations formed by the wind. Like small, rock hard waves they spread out over vast areas of Antarctica and makes it difficult ...
The weather is always in charge
The MAGIC-DML team at a nunatak. Photo: Andreas Bergström ”What do you want for your birthday?”, I ask Sarah, who turns 23. ...
Looking for traces from the ice sheet
... we drove our snowmobiles up to the Høgskavlen Mountain, 2 256 m above sea level, and 850 meters higher than the location of our camp. Høgskavlen is a glacier-covered plateau lined with small mountain ridges. The way up (and down) went ...
Winter is coming
Sampling at the south side of Gronehogna. Photo: Fredrik Hägglund The expedition doctor with a emergency trauma bag on his back. ...
En vit fläck på kartan
Ta en titt på din gamla jordglob. Platsen MAGIC-DML är på nu finns antagligen inte med, för där fäster sladden till lampan, som ska lysa upp resten av globen ...
Back at SANAE IV
Sampling at the beautiful Jekselen peak on Wednesday. Seven nice rock samples were collected. From the left: Carl, Andreas, Jenny, ...
På väg hemåt
... ut från Troll häromdagen och är redan i Kapstaden på väg hem, vi fyra logistiker är kvar i Antarktis och väntar på att få plats på flygen ut. I den här delen av Antarktis finns två stora flygfält där vanliga passagerarplan kan landa på ...