According to the plans of the project partners, the “Polar POD” station is to be brought into the Southern Ocean as early as 2024, where it will then drift around Antarctica for up to three years. Research teams on board are to collect a lot of important...
Orbiting Antarctica, the “Polar Pod” is powered by the Circumpolar Current to circle the world between 50° and 55°S latitude. This circumnavigation of 24,000km at an average speed of 1 knot (1.8km/h) is supposed to take two years. In headwinds and adverse...
The floating laboratory “POLAR POD” explores Antarctic waters. It will be equipped with instruments for measuring wind and waves. Construction hasn’t started yet, but Etienne hopes his three-year expedition can begin in 2024. (Photo: POLAR POD) POLAR...
