Narrative of life on board of the icebreaking research vessel Polarstern (AWI) and study of the biodiversity of Antarctic marine amphipod crustaceans during her Antarctic oceanographic cruise ANT-XXIX/3 (20.01.2013-19.03.2013), with an introduction presenting the preparation of the expedition.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
12.12.2012-17.12.2012 - Preparation of the cruise ANT-XXIX/3
12.12.2012 (Wednesday). Jan Haelters of the BMM informs me that there is a blog (in Dutch) on the current Polarstern expedition occurring just before our own cruise. Just have a look at: http://www.natuurpuntbovenschelde.be/reisverslagen.aspx
Indeed, the Polarstern usually makes two successive expeditions each winter (i.e. Antarctic summer) and she is already in the 'far south' for a first expedition. I took a look at http://www.awi.de/en/infrastructure/ships/polarstern/where_is_polarstern/ and recorded the following plot:
17.12.2012. I receive a confirmation of the booking of my hotel in Punta Arenas. It now appears that Chantal De Ridder misunderstood the situation concerning the transportation of the biological samples and her situation is not yet settled. She will have to urgently solve the problem, presumably alone with World Courier.
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