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Permafrost

The adventure of the sciences. Special report for EFE:Verde, by @ValentínCarrera, on board the Hespérides. Permafrost is any type of material, such as rock or clay, below 0 °. For instance, the frozen surface and  the subsoil  that remains from the last…

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Biodiversity on the Austral Ocean

Day 85, Saturday, January 28th, 2017. Lon 62º 41 S. Lat. 61º 04 W. On board the research vessel Hespérides. If I were to say to you that we fished from the edge of the crater at Deception Island specimens of Halicarcinus planatus…

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Thermal imaging of a penguin

Day 84, Friday, January 28th, 2017. Lon 62º 41 S. Lat. 60º 27 W. Aboard the research vessel Hespérides. Technology helps us investigate better, but our own desire for knowledge and our curiosity helps us to know more.

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Iván Runner

This was my first trip aboard the research vessel Hespérides and certainly I could not have dreamed of a more fantastic destination: Cierva Cove.  

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