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 […]
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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. […]
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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):
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Press release/Communiqué de presse The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) reached Cape Town on Sunday, 19 March, completing its three-month voyage around the great white continent. But the scientific adventure has only just begun: it’s now time to analyze all the data that was collected. This will improve our understanding of […]
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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 […]
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