Author: Charly Braungardt

Sampling Metals in the Snow Pack

What actually does ‘doing science’ mean for the team? This video explains how ‘team science’ Cat Cameron and Martin Densham take samples for the analysis of metal concentrations in the snow pack.

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Our Online Carbon Footprint

The awareness of the carbon footprint of IT and online activity is increasing as a result of media reports, for example thought-provoking articles by the Royal Society, BBC Future and […]

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Metals in the Snow

Oh no (I hear you say) please, not another new story of contamination and its dreadful consequences! And yet… metals in the snow of the Antarctic Peninsula may be good […]

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Alone with the Elements

As eight explorers turn their backs to the departing ship, they know that for the next six weeks, the team are totally self-reliant. Now, they are alone with the elements: […]

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Antarctic Quest 21 has Started!

The team are south of the south of the South Shetland Islands, on their way to Portal Point, where they and their equipment will be dropped off. And the scientific mission has started already: polysulphone ultraviolet dosimetry badges have been deployed on the upper deck of SeaVenture, just as they had been in 2012 during the Spirit of Scott expedition.

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