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]
