I sommar åker forskare från Umeå universitet till Semmeldalen på Svalbard för att inventerat renhägn, platser som är inhägnade för att stänga ute renarna så att de inte kan beta på dessa platser. Elin Lindén från Umeå universitet, berättar att...
Med en stor sovjetisk helikopter flygs forskarna ut till forskningsstationen i Tjaunflodens delta. Foto: Rasmus Erlandsson Den sovjetiska helikoptern har landat på tundran. Foto: Rasmus Erlandsson Forskningsstationen i Tjaunflodens delta. Foto:...
A day in the field. Photo: Jesper Hansson The rubber boats take us to our different study areas in Chaun delta. Photo: Jesper Hansson Sergej steers the boat in the watercourse where the water is deep enough. Photo: Rasmus Erlandsson The research...
We’re back! We made it! More stories later… have to run. #alaska #fieldwork #sampling #geology #rocks #womeninscience #workinginalaska #brooksrange #iniakuklake #wildlake #backinfairbanks #satisfaction #wearealive Ett inlägg delat av...
A late night a young female polar bear visited our camp. Photo: Anders Angerbjörn Hi, We are back in Pevek after a fantastic expedition to Wrangel Island and Chaun. This blog post will mainly be about Wrangel. We have collected all kind of...
When the water level of the Chaun River rises, the water clean the beaches from loose material and vertical walls with frozen soil get exposed. Its like these walls are made for historical sampling. Photo: Peter Mortensen With higher water flows...
If were lucky, we can extract DNA from these bones and tusks and get some insights into the life conditions of different animals throughout history. Photo: Jesper Hansson Jesper found a piece of a mammoth ivory that proved suitable for genetic...
This summer Patrícia Pečnerová from The Swedish Museum of Natural History, is going to Wrangel Island. Originally it was a small hill in the Siberian mainland, but about 10,000 years ago when the last Ice Age ended, sea level rose due to...
The food can truly make or break an expedition. And feeding our small ‘army’ of a field team is far from an easy challenge! Read Jennifer Newall’s blog post on food in Antarctica: Eating in the extreme
All expedition participants are now gathered at Breakwater Lodge in Cape Town. All our luggage has arrived and everybody is in good spirit. The day was spent doing some supplementary purchases and we had dinner at Harbour House. Tomorrow, Sunday,...
Jenny Newall has sent an update confirming the team has made it to Troll Station, Antarctica! Let the adventure begin! Photo provided by Jenny. Good luck to this awesome team! Ett inlägg delat av MAGIC – DML (@magicdml) 18 Dec 2017 kl. 6:32 PST
Troll forskningsstation, där vi väntar på att komma vidare till nästa station. En grushög med väldigt fin utsikt! #magicdml Ett inlägg delat av @ andreas_bergstrom 20 Dec 2017 kl. 12:34 PST
The team is now on a ship! The S.A. Agulhas II is the ship bringing the team’s heavy equipment to Antarctica, including snowmobiles, sleds, and living modules. The ship was delayed leaving Cape Town, and is now at the edge of the ice shelf...
Som så ofta inför långa resor, blev det lite eller ingen sömn. Andreas och Fredrik reste från Göteborg, Håkan och Calle från Stockholm. Längst var dock resan för Jon och Sarah som reste från trakten av Chicago i USA. Jenny åkte från Skottland och...
View of our field area from the helicopter flight between Troll Station and SANAE Station. Photo: Jon Harbor Getting work done on the ship – planning a reconnaissance flight. Photo: Jon Harbor View from the cabin window showing the ice shelf....
The sea ice conditions were good enough to allow all of our heavy equipment to be offloaded from the S.A. Agulhas II. Photo: Jon Harbor The ice shelf surface is about 40m above the ship’s deck. Photo: Jon Harbor Two of the living modules are now...
