Arrival of More Scientists and Crew in December
On December 20th, 2023, additional scientsits from the PASPARTOUT, ExPoSoils and SAT ANT project arrived at the Princess Elsiabeth Antarctica.
Since their arrival, they have been undergoing safety training before heading out into the feild.
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Unloading cargo from the plane carrying scientists and additional crew to PEA.
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Starting up the skidoo at the air strip close to PEA.
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Scientists from the PASPARTOUT, ExPoSoils and SAT ANT projects pose for a photo in PEA's living room.
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Scientists have a meeting with BELARE leader Alain Hubert to plan the logistics of their respective field expeditions.
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Quentin and Oscar installing instruments at the north shelter for the SKYCAM project.
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The goal of the SKYCAM project is to improve our understanding of clouds, their influence on remote sensing data, and to help enhance current cloud detection and characterization methods.
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The north shelter is located just a few hundred metres from the main station building.
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Paula and Oscar checking the equipment in the dining area of PEA before installing it on the station's roof fir the PASPARTOUT project, which seeks to establish an in-depth understanding of the links between atmospheric circulation patterns, weather regimes, particles, volatile organic compounds, and moisture, as well as determine the origins of these particles (natural or anthropogenic) of organic and inorganic compounds, and investigate the implications of these particles within the context of a changing
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Paula and Oscar installing a CIMEL sun photometer, which monitors solar radiance on the roof of PEA for the PASPARTOUT project.
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Nico, Tim, and Simon on way to Perseus Intercontinental Airstrip via snowmobile
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While at Perseus, Nico, Tim and Simon preformed maintenance on the automatic weather station there. PE BLUE
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Nico and Simon also visited the abandoned Japanese Askuka station not far from PEA to perform maintenance on a seismometer for the GIANT project, which is monitoring seismic activity in Queen Maud Land, East Antarctica.
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The small rocky outcrop in the distance is where the GPS antenna relays the information collected by seismometers for the GIANT project near the abandoned Japanese Asuka station.
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Asuka station was abandoned in 1992, but many vehicles remain behind, frozen in the ice. We call it the "ghost station."
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