Prof. Samuel Jaccard, a specialist of the carbon cycle in the Southern Ocean, was the guest of the CQFD broadcast on 16 March on RTS – La Première. ACE was one of the hot topics of the emission, as Samuel Jaccard as well as Bastien Confino, journalist for CQFD, had […]
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Video capsules – leg 3
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 […]
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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 […]
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All thoughts turn to Cape Town and beyond
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 […]
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Discovering the secrets of the Antarctic air
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 […]
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A history lesson from deep within the ice
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 […]
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Bouvet, the last stop
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. […]
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