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 […]

Text: Sarah Perrin As soon as the ship left Bouvet Island on Monday evening, the mood on board changed. Even though Cape Town is still several days of sailing away, the researchers are already thinking about what comes next. They’re asking each other how long they plan to stay in […]

Text: Sarah Perrin Little is known about the role of aerosols in climate mechanics. Julia Schmale, an ACE researcher, has been testing for these particles all around Antarctica, where their interactions have not yet been affected by human activities. It may seem unlikely, but the air around us is far […]

Text: Sarah Perrin The chemical makeup of ice can tell us a lot about our climate’s past and the recent impact of global warming. A team of researchers on board the Akademik Treshnikov is taking as many ice samples as possible on the islands they visit and on the continent […]

Text: Sarah Perrin On Saturday night, the ACE expedition arrived at Bouvet Island, a 50 km2 volcanic island that belongs to Norway. This stopover is special in many ways, as Bouvet is known to be the most remote island and one of the wildest and most inaccessible places on Earth. […]