Isla Livingston

Meridian Island hosts the first presentation of the book «Antarctica»

June 11, 2020

―The author will discuss his trip to the ecosystem of polar adventure with the Insular Director, José Carlos Hernández ―Friday 12, 8:30 p.m., at the Valverde Casino in El Hierro After the pandemic storm, Ediciones del Viento travels to Meridian…

«Antarctica»

Ediciones del Viento publishes «Antártida» by Valentín Carrera

March 10, 2020

Editorial novelty ―Travel to the ecosystem of polar adventure through 460 pages, with maps and numerous unpublished photographs. ―”Contains all of Antarctica: Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton, Mawson, and the author’s two expeditions”. The prestigious publishing house Ediciones del Viento incorporates…

Research Lab, TV & Radio

TVG presenta EL ANTROPOCENO EN CASA

June 3, 2019

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Research Lab, HISTORY

IX SIMPOSIO DE ESTUDIOS POLARES

July 31, 2018

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HISTORY

El Hespérides de nuevo rumbo a la Antártida

November 24, 2017

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Travel Diary

Lord have mercy on us

March 13, 2017

For five months now, I have shared with different teams here in Antarctica the daily bread, the military discipline, and strange prayer that each afternoon the watch officer recites from the Hesperides’ bridge: “Lord, creator of storms and calmness, have mercy…

Travel Diary

Portraits: part 12

March 11, 2017

Antarctic families

Travel Diary

The Spanish Research Vessel Hespérides

March 10, 2017

I have been sailing for two months aboard the research vessel Hespérides, which the Spanish Navy has put to the service of the Antarctic program since its launch in 1991.

Travel Diary

Four Months

March 5, 2017

Day 121, Sunday, March 5th, 2017, Livingston Island. The Hesperides research vessel spends days patrolling large areas of Livingston Island and Deception Island. So the navy Hydrographers on board can chart, probe after probe, on a map the bottom of the sea. An underwater world that it is still Terra Incognita.

Research Lab

New “Juan Carlos I” polar base in Antarctica

March 3, 2017

More that a new polar base, it seems to me that Spain has built a spaceship on Antarctica. This new polar base will be manned by the new captain Nemo, Miki Ojeda. This polar base would have been the envy of Jules Verne: “To…