ejército de tierra

Portraits

Juan Carlos

February 21, 2017

Juan Carlos Sánchez de Lucas, Lieutenant, veterinarian, Spain.

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A gathering of sea lions

February 9, 2017

Day 97, Thursday, February 9th, 2017, Drake Passage. Sea lions communicate among themselves even though we do not understand what they say

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Team COBRA

February 3, 2017

Building work in Antarctica, under adverse conditions, requires better training, planning and very importantly, a positive disposition. The COBRA team has those three qualities.

Portraits

Javi

January 25, 2017

Javier Mosteiro, Sargent, Spain.

Research Lab

The future is here: A 3D Printer in Antarctica

January 24, 2017

Day 81, Tuesday, January 24th, 2017, Lat 62º 58´S, Lon, 060º 40´W. Aboard the Hespérides Research Vessel.

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In Antarctica, telemedicine is priceless, it connects us in real time with a specialist at a Spanish Hospital

January 24, 2017

Before I leave the base Gabriel de Castilla, I would like to thank Lt. Francisco Peñato Luengo, a doctor here at the Spanish base, and a team member of the Antarctic 2017 expedition. An interview in Spanish with him is posted in ConSalud.es [Photo: Miguel Angel Jimenez Tenorio]

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Cheers to the memory of Scott

January 20, 2017

Day 76, Thursday, January 19th, 2017, Deception Island. On January 17, 1912, Scott reached the South Pole with Oates, Wilson, Bowers and Evans. All died on the return journey. “The rescue team who discovered Scott’s body also found a half empty bottle of Sherry “El Rey”, from Gonzalez Byass in Spain. Once…