News of EducaPoles
This section presents the latest news on the International Polar Foundation's educational activities and projects. It also contains general interest news on the polar regions, climate change and sustainable development for the educational world. Our RSS feeds will inform you when news are published on this website.
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Polarstern / CAML expedition: first observed Minke Whale
02.12.2006
No presentations today, it's a quiet day. Well, not for every one: the whales team made two helicopter flights to improve their evaluation method of Minke Whale's populations. Satisfaction for Meike and Lynn: they observed their first two individuals and made nice pictures of one of them. They hunger for more ...
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Polarstern / CAML expedition: first day in the ice
01.12.2006
Third batch of scientific presentations. A real safari in search of the bottom fauna : from Maarten's minute nematodes (a kind of worms) to Dorte's giant sponges, Iain & Elaina's mini-octopuses, Meike's isopods (same group as the wood-lice) or Americo's starfish. All will concentrate their investigations on the Larsen zone, and will try through various methods to better understand the impact of the ice-cover disappearance on the "benthic" animal communities…
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Polarstern / CAML expedition: our first iceberg !
30.11.2006
That's it, we are getting there ! A quick breakfast followed by a dash to the outer deck to spot the first iceberg. The sky is gray and the wind is strong, but for all of us coming to Antarctica for the first time, this moment will stay.
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Polarstern / CAML expedition: the “roaring forties”
29.11.2006
Our 6th day of sailing, giving us a real taste of the so-called "roaring forties". Frank & Klaus, the meteorologists, had warned us the wind was going to increase. And indeed, having been 6 to 7 Beauforts the day before, the wind blew at 9 to 10 Beauforts (North-West) the whole morning... to the point where going outside was forbidden for safety reasons. As a result, those enamoured of powerful…
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Polarstern / CAML expedition: presentations and birdwatching
29.11.2006
Today, we had our first series of scientific presentations, allowing us to better explore and interconnect the various research programs. One hour was dedicated to the first part of the expedition, the one focused on the area surrounding the South Shetland Islands and on Antarctic fish, including the very strange "ice fish". I'll tell you more about it soon !
