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Homage to Darwin

February 15, 2017

Day 103, Wednesday, February 15th, 2017, Gerlache Strait. This week marks the two hundred and eight year of the birth of Charles Darwin (12 February 1809).

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Our trip reaches its 100th Day

February 12, 2017

Day 100, Sunday, February 12th, 2017, King George Island.   Today Charles Darwin would have been 208 years old.  Today is also our day 100 of this trip, since we left the port of Vigo, on Board of the Sarmiento of…

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Fifty shades of Grey in Patagonia

February 6, 2017

The members of the Spanish expedition to Antarctica have spent thirty years travelling to the white continent and stopping at two points on the map: Ushuaia in Argentina and Punta Arenas in Chile, which by themselves are worth a visit….

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A day in a Penguin Colony

January 23, 2017

Field work in a chinstrap penguin colony in Antarctica. @ValentínCarrera, Deception Island.   The scientific trip starts by collecting a thermos of hot soup, some bread, cheese and drinks in the kitchen at the Gabriel de Castilla base. It is…

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Laguna Esmeralda

December 26, 2016

@ValentínCarrera, Ushuaia (Argentina) What do we know about planet Earth? We know very little or to put it mildly, not much. However, by saying this, I do not deny the advancement of science, quite the opposite. Today the volcanologist Amos…

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