Location: Ice Station Belgica
Erik, Chris, and Jeremy check to see if what lies ahead is safe for travel.
Yesterday I reported that our destination today was an area that had been dubbed the "zone…
Location: Ice Station Belgica
Lots going on at Ice Station Belgica, here’s a quick summary of the major activities the past two days:
Friday 10/5
Continuous CTD casts – the ship was…
Location: Ice Station Belgica
We have officially established our home base for the next three weeks or so. Ice Station Belgica is the name given to the project location. The ice floe we’…
Location: Drifting in the pack ice in the Bellingshausen Sea.
Latitude: 70° 26¢ S
Longitude: 93° 54¢ W
Air temperature: **- 11.4 °C (11.5 °F)
**Wind chill temperature: - 35.4 °C (- 32 °F)
Wind…
Location: Drifting in the pack ice in the Bellingshausen Sea.
Latitude: 70° 31¢
Longitude: 93° 07¢
Air temperature: -11.9 °C (10.6 °F)
Relative humidity: 75.1%
**Barometric pressure: **946.7 mBar…
Location: Drifting in the pack ice in the Bellingshausen Sea.
Latitude: 70° 38′ S
Longitude: 92° 13′ W
Air temperature: -13.9 °C (7.0 °F)
Wind chill: -42.9 °C (-45.2 °F)
Water temperature: -1.7 °C (…
**Location: **In the pack ice, in the Bellingshausen Sea, in transit to our multi-week drift station.
Latitude: 70° 38¢ S
Longitude: **90°42¢ W
**Air temperature: - 3.7°C (25°F)
Water temperature: -…
Location: In the ice, in the Bellingshausen Sea.
Latitude: 70° 24¢ S
Longitude: 90° 28° W
Air temperature: -3.5° C (25.7° F)
Water temperature: **-1.8° C (28.6° F)
**Relative humidity: 74.2%…
**Location: **In the ice, in the Bellingshausen Sea.
Latitude: 70° 16′ S
Longitude: 90° 08′ W
Air temperature: -2.3° C
Water temperature: -1.8° C
Relative humidity: 74.7%
Barometric pressure: 940.…
**Location: **In the Bellingshausen Sea, approaching Peter I island.
Latitude: 67° 36′ S
Longitude: 89° 56′ W
Air temperature: - 1.7° C (29° F)
Water temperature: - 1.8° C (29° F)
Relative humidity…
