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Day 14 Leaving Antarctica
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Travelling back from Antarctica to Chile. Arrived this morning at 5.30 am. Knackered but an amazing trip. The weather was incredible and we didn't have one down day so huge...
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Day 13 Packing up
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Made it back to Union Glacier yesterday evening. Today has been a day of packing up and getting things sorted for travel back to Chile and onto Australia (hopefully). Weath...
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Day 12 Snow coring in the Patriot Hills
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While waiting to be picked up, we managed to core several metres of snow at Patriot Hills; this will make a great comparison to the blue ice we've been working on during th...
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Day 11 Finishing work on the blue ice
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Managed to complete our work collecting samples on the blue ice at Patriot Hills. Huge success but weather been incredibly kind to us.
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Day 10 Cracking on in the Patriot Hills
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After some initial worries, the skidoo started up alright (thankfully) and we were able to plug on with our work. We even got back to base camp without breaking down. We're...
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Day 9 Sampling on the Blue Ice
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Chris gives a brief introduction on how we sample the blue ice for ancient climate data. Shocking weather in the morning but things cleared up nicely in the afternoon.
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Day 8 Starting work in the Patriots
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Today we set off for the Patriot Hills to find the Blue Ice we've come to work on.
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Day 7 Off to Patriot Hills
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After a whirlwind day starting at the Pole and then travelling down to Union Glacier, Chris and I are now at Patriot Hills. The tent is up and the co-ordinates are 80.2784...
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Centenary of Scott's Arrival at Pole
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100 years ago to the day that Scott and his men arrived at the South Geographic Pole. A poignant day.
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Day 6 Science on top of the World
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Science in Antarctica
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Chris is a Professor of Climate Change, a Laureate Fellow at the University of New South Wales and a popular science writer. He's currently completing a new book called '1912: The Year The World Discovered Antarctica' to be published in 2012 (by Text Publishing in Australia, Bodley Head, Random House, in the UK and Counterpoint Press in North America). A climber, surfer and qualified scuba diver, he was science advisor and played a leading role in the 2009 Channel 4 TV series Man on Earth led by Tony Robinson. Chris has a popular science website: www.christurney.com.
Chris is a Professor of Climate Change, a Laureate Fellow at the University of New South Wales and a popular science writer. He's currently completing a new book called '1912: The Year The World Discovered Antarctica' to be published in 2012 (by T...
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