Texte: Sarah Perrin Photo: Sharif Mirshak Since leaving Punta Arenas, the ship has been heading toward South Georgia Island, a 170-kilometer-long strip of land covered in mountains and glaciers. We should arrive today, Thursday. One of the researchers on the ship, Inigo Everson, is well acquainted with this island. Inigo […]

Text: Sarah Perrin Photos: Sharif Mirshak Before setting foot on South Georgia, all visitors must scrutinize every item they are taking with the utmost care: backpacks, jackets, hats, camera cases, shoes – everything! The point is to catch even the smallest seed that might be hiding in the lining of […]

Text: Sarah Perrin/EPFL Photos: Sharif Mirshak, Parafilms/EPFL. Saturday, 10 pm: a powerful tugboat pulls the Akademik Trehsnikov out of the Punta Arenas port. The Russian vessel is off to sea for the third and final leg of the ACE expedition, headed for Cape Town with two stops and several sampling […]