PALAOA is a hydro-acoustic observatory, or in other words: a specially designed underwater microphone, called a hydrophone, ‘listens’ below the ice shelf and records the calls of seals and whales. The long-term observatory belongs to the Ocean Acoustics Group at the Alfred Wegener Institute in ...[Read more]
As promised, in today’s blog entry I’d like to talk about our exciting and varied preparation phase together in more detail: The deadline for online applications for overwinterers (ÜWIs) at the Neumayer Station is usually the end of February each year, and I received my – still tentative – ...[Read more]
In the last four weeks I have frequently listened to Ella Fitzgerald’s velvety alto voice singing “Summertime”, accompanied by Louis Armstrong on the trumpet: often in the evenings, gazing at palm-lined beaches (just on a poster, of course) while on the treadmill, I can almost feel the shimmering ...[Read more]
Hallo everyone! This is Theresa, the new voice on the radio for the Neumayer Station III. During our voyage to the Neumayer Station III on board the Polarstern, I went on a ‘recon’ of the ship with my penguin Rico. He was kind enough to pose for a few photos along the way, and today he’ll give ...[Read more]
On behalf of the 41st “overwintering team”, I’d like to welcome all our blog readers, and open this new chapter of the blog by briefly introducing myself: Peter Jonczyk, surgeon, trauma surgeon and orthopaedic surgeon, born almost 58 years ago in Hesse, for the past few years I’ve been a ...[Read more]
Hello everyone, Now the time has come … the last blog entry for the 40th overwintering team at Neumayer Station III. Since 19 January, our overwintering has officially been over. On that day, the icebreaker Polarstern dropped anchor at the ice edge in Atka Bay, raising the total population from ...[Read more]
Hello, everyone! First of all, a big thank-you goes to Ina for her great blog entry on “A day as a geophysicist at the Neumayer III station”. December is now nearly over, and we have news from the southern tip of the world for you … (though, given the holidays and vacation, our colleagues back ...[Read more]
Hi! Allow me to briefly introduce myself and tell you about my life in the Antarctic: My profile Name: Ina Wehner Position: Geophysicist Previous work and training: Geophysics degree followed by three years working in industry Home: Kiel, Germany Plans after returning home: Cycle ...[Read more]
Hi, everyone … It’s November … usually the month in which the Polar Day begins, the isolation of the overwintering phase ends, and across the Antarctic, the stations transition into the hectic bustle of the summer season. Planes and ships come by, teams are exchanged and the new teams briefed, ...[Read more]
Hello, everyone! … The month of October began with quite stormy weather. Accordingly, I decided to move up our normal medical study by a week, so as to make the most of the bad weather. This time we had to take additional blood samples for NASA, and complete some more psychological questionnaires ...[Read more]
