

Field Training in Chilly Abisko, Sweden
Spring Training – Arctic style April, 2017 Although it seems like the 2016/17 field expedition to Antarctica only just ended,...

Life at home after 2 months in Antarctica
Previous blogs have covered exactly what we achieved during the 2 months of field work in Antarctica, the challenges faced, and how we...


Sampling at the edge of the Antarctic Plateau
Learning from our success using both the trucks and snowmobiles to access sites during the fieldwork in Tottanfjella, it was decided to...


What is it like to do fieldwork in Antarctica?
When we are out in the field, we are a team of eight people based in a field camp. We have three large Weatherhaven tents; two for...


Christmas in Antarctica
Christmas Eve 2016 And so both Christmas and the boat arrived. We had an early Christmas service on Christmas Eve and unloaded the boat...


Our Arctic Trucks - the coolest members of our team! Pt II
In part 1 of this blog about the trucks I covered the modifications made to the Toyota Hilux vehicles by the very talented team of...

Our Arctic Trucks - the coolest members of our team! Pt 1
Antarctica is not a small place, with an area of about 14 million square km it is about twice the size of Australia. It is covered by...


Antarctica Expedition Training on the West Coast of Sweden
Last week, the MAGIC-DML took the first of its many steps at Röe Gård on the beautiful West Coast of Sweden. For the first time, the...