The Akademik Treshnikov reached Bremerhaven, Germany, yesterday, thus completing the expedition’s fourth leg. In a way, this is a second ending for ACE. The 14 scientists disembarked, and the offloading of all the containers and sample-boxes is now underway. In a few days, the boat and its Russian crew will […]

By Inigo Everson, chief scientist on leg 4. The views of anyone visiting a foreign country are inevitably coloured by the politicians and media at home painting a stereotypical view of the people in the country they plan to visit. So has living on a Russian icebreaker for a couple […]

Atmospheric measurements for project 7 (Study of preindustrial-like Aerosol-Climate Effects) are kept going also during Leg 4 from Cape Town to Bremerhaven. During our journey we expect to see the transition from pristine marine conditions into areas with more and more anthropogenic influence (e.g. from biomass burning and industry) as […]

Text and photos: Inigo Everson, Leg 4 “Chief scientist” We sympathise with you poor people who got off the ship in Cape Town. You had ample time to change your minds though, because we didn’t finally leave until well after dark, too late for those sunset pictures of Table Mountain. […]

Scientific conference on March 20, 2017, at 1.30pm CET / 2.30pm GMT+2 Watch again the ACE end of expedition press conference (March 20, 2017):

Press conference on Facebook live The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE), the first project run by the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI), will set sail this evening from South Africa. The Akademik Treshnikov is a Russian research vessel that has been chartered for this expedition. It will carry nearly 60 researchers around […]