Polar Research on its Way to Success
As the 2010-2011 scientific season comes to an end in Antarctica, scientists at the Princess Elisabeth Antarctica (PEA) are celebrating some successes. Follow the scientists from the BELDIVA, HYDRANT, BELATMOS, and GIANT/LISSA projects as they conduct their research at the station and in the field.
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Olivier Francis (GIANT/LISSA) and the gravimeter
© International Polar Foundation - René Robert
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The gravimeter for the GIANT/LISSA project
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The permanent weather station
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Stefan Kneifel (HYDRANT) with the weather station
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Stefan Kneifel (HYDRANT) looking for the data loggers
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The data loggers
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Stefan notes the coordinates of a beacon to measure the glacier flow
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Ice core
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This chart allows scientists to measure snowflakes
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From left to right: the ceilometer, the pyrometer, and the MMR-radar (HYDRANT)
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Stefan Kneifel (HYDRANT) in the bureau for meteorology
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Alexander Mangold (BELATMOS) with the Brewer ozone spectrophotometer
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Alexander in the office
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The instrumentation computers are located inside the Princess Elisabeth Station
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The video camera on the roof of the station allows the scientists to see the meteorology instruments at all times
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Ice melt resulting from the sand and the water
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A lake in the windscoop
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Zorigto Namsaraev and Olivier Francis conduct experiments on the chemical composition of the water
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Zorigto applying the Winkler method to measure the oxygen concentration in the water
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The team conducted various drillings for the BELDIVA project
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Some sediment from the lake
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The team at work with the specially designed corer
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The team successfully retrieved sediment cores from the lake
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Zorigto Namsaraev (BELDIVA) installs a data logger under a small open-top chamber
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One of the open-top chambers that were installed
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Zorigto collecting some bacteria on the experiment site with the open-top chambers
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