The work programmes for the period 2018 to 2020 of Horizon 2020 – Europe’s largest research funding programme – have been released. The different papers, defining funding opportunities by theme, reveal where the priorities will be. We are glad to note that polar research has not been left out. The […]
Read MoreNews
An afternoon with ACE at the FIFAD
Festival International du Film Alpin des Diablerets On 7 August 2017 at 14:00. An afternoon will be dedicated to the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition with films and talks by scientists and organisers. http://www.fifad.ch/le-programme
Read MoreSPI Conference 2017
More information on the conference here
Read More
Expedition over, but science far from it
ACE completes its voyage around Antarctica
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 […]
Read More ACE completes its voyage around Antarctica
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 […]
Read More
Learning about our climate from the color of microalgae
What role does the phytoplankton in the Antarctic Ocean play in the region’s climate processes? That’s what a study carried out during the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) aimed to find out, by coupling satellite data with optical and chemical seawater analyses. Les couleurs des microalgues en disent long sur le […]
Read More
One last flight for Bob and Tango Charlie
Text and photos: Sarah Perrin Bob Brett and Tango Charlie go way back. They were reunited on the ACE, but they first met long before that. “It was 18 years ago,” said Bob, a 58-year-old Englishman with a distinguished moustache. From where he’s sitting on wood crates in the ship’s […]
Read More One last flight for Bob and Tango Charlie
Text and photos: Sarah Perrin Bob Brett and Tango Charlie go way back. They were reunited on the ACE, but they first met long before that. “It was 18 years ago,” said Bob, a 58-year-old Englishman with a distinguished moustache. From where he’s sitting on wood crates in the ship’s […]
Read More