Punta Arenas, 12-10-06
IcebreakerAn icebreaker is a special purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Oden arrives in Punte Arenas - 12/10/06
IcebreakerAn icebreaker is a special purpose ship or boat designed to move and navigate through ice-covered waters. Oden arrives in Punta Arenas on schedule in the morning
Brent Steward and Ute Kaden working on the AGUNSA computers
Brent Stewart ( marine animal scientist) and myself are working on the AGUNSA computers sending last messages over the Internet. Ones we are on the ship we will have 100 kb e-mail twice a day only and no Internet. The communication on the ship is done over iridium satellites. The Iridium constellation consists of 66 low-earth orbiting (LEO), cross-linked satellites. Learn more at: http://www.iridium.com
Thick, protective Polar cloths are a must for all participants going to Antarctica. Luis from ANGUNSA (behind the counter) patiently finds the right size for everybody. Bill Everett (right) and Hongjie Xie (left) from UTSA are happy with the stuff.
Burcu Cicek (UTSA, sea ice research) and Valentine Kass (NSF -Education) are trying on different cloths.
Orientation on the icebreaker Oden. The place is called Oden-Plaza.
Dr. Krister Ekbald (left), the Odens M.D., showed us around . We are on the Mess- deck (cafeteria).
The woman on the right is Pam Yochem. She researches and knows everything about marine animals.
Ute
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