The researchers aboard the El Doblon sailboat were satisfied with the data they gathered during their expedition in Antarctica. Photo: Coastantar 2024 The expedition increased Portugal’s research independence, had a low carbon footprint, and allowed research in...
Maris Pruuli, in the middle, worked as a boatswain during the voyage. Here she is with her husband, Tiit, who was the expedition leader, and their son, Jaan, who was a deck-hand. In September, the Admiral Bellinghausen became the first Estonian ship to pass through...
Difficult operation, the polar drift expedition “North Pole-41” was supplied with fresh food and new personnel in the dark at the beginning of January. (Photo: AARI) An operation was successfully carried out in the Arctic Ocean to deliver supplies and...
Birefringence in the service of fashion. Together, a designer and an artist-director have created garments whose prints are inspired by the colours and patterns of sea ice when viewed through a microscope with a polarising filter. The result was presented at New York...
Where should the boot liners go? (Photo: Jochen Bettzieche / SLF) Matthias Jaggi, a technician at the Swiss WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research SLF, will spend the festive season in Antarctica. The luggage for his long expedition is travelling ahead of him....