Fog had settled in over the fjord but we were still bright and clear at high altitude. All the specimens were carefully packed and Grzegorz retrieved the now cured silicon mould ready for transport. We had a great “last supper” in the sun. The...
... uneventful. However, our welcome was completed with a warning – “keep an eye out behind you when you are walking around. There is a female polar bear and two cubs hanging around the airport”. She seemed more interested in the dump ...
Very dirty ice seen from the working deck. Photo: Sandra Gdaniec A couple of days ago we found something we have been waiting for and hoping to find during ...
Vi påbörjade vår resa mot forskningsstationen Carlini på King George Island för ungefär en vecka sedan. Att ta sig till Antarktis är en spännande upplevelse som tar tid, och ...
... hade vinden och vågorna i ryggen hela vägen, vilket underlättade passagen för oss ombord på AP Aquiles. När vi nådde King George Island var det dock för blåsigt att släppa oss vid Carlini, och vi blev istället tvungna att gå i land vid den ...
... Comandante Ferraz, located two hours away from the Carlini Station. Photo: Mikael Hedblom Dramatic icebergs outside King George Island. Photo: Mikael Hedblom
... Nicole Waite The top buoy of the mooring floats to the surface and is picked up by boat. Photo: Nicole Waite Picking up a mooring. Karen and Anna removes the instrument from the rope. Photo: Nicole Waite
Read the blog post in Swedish. Snowstorm. Photo: Benjamin Bomfleur Thomas Mörs in the ”sample camp and packing station” looking at wood fossil findings. The yellow tent in the background is our tech and lab tent. Photo: ...
... very few species of birds and mammals. This year, we are at the other extreme of the Arctic environment. We are working in the sub-arctic mountains of northern Scandinavia. This is where the Arctic meets the Boreal forest, quite literally. ...
... they stayed close for about ten minutes before they dissapeared into the fog. Quite a sight! I’m very much looking forward to what the coming weeks of fieldwork have in store.
During periods of intensive fieldwork, when you are in the field (almost) every day without the routine of a normal working hours, it is easy to lose track of which day of the week it actually is. However, keeping track of the date is crucial ...
... expectations! And for the first time we’ve had really nice weather. The last two days we’ve been working late into the evenings. The midnight sun is lovely and it definitely light up our lives in every sense. New discoveries ...
... for ecological development during the Devonian period. Today, everybody except Grzeg had a rest day. This means packing and labeling of fossils in aluminum boxes, readying the camp for surprise storms, checking equipment and injuries or ...
We still have midnight sun, so we’re working long hours. Henning and Ben made measurements of geological time periods in the mountain slope. Grzeg found a ...
... be sorted, labelled and stored in ethanol for further genetic analyses. Photo: Fredrik Dalerum During our cross-checking, we also ensure that all spider and scat samples are correctly labelled in small plastic tubes with ethanol before they ...
... Previous years’ work has prepared us so we can get the most out of our time here and find what we’re looking for. The landing on the intended camp site was a question mark. Where is the water? Where did the arctic fox that met us ...
... tunnel, but unfortunately not the others. We must attack the Blue River from the other direction, which involves walking around the mountain and starting downstream. But we’re saving that for another day. None of us are really ...
... (fossilised excrement), ammonites and other interesting finds were made. Now it’s time for dinner, talking and planning for tomorrow. And then, of course, we have to take care of ourselves, which means everything from treating ...
... degrees slope. It takes some leg strength, I can assure you, especially on the third round. We found what we were looking for and I found my first fish fossils, about 260 million years old. We haven’t blogged about the fuel before, but ...
... the concretion was split, and there it was! My first complete fish, model year 250 million years ago. Henning is cooking dinner today and we are excited. A young Arctic fox visited us on the western plateau. Somewhat timid, but curious. Two ...
