We are unable to differentiate day from night. the day yesterday never finished – it’s more the opposite. it started in the previous day under a grey sky. the overcast sky broke up around 4:00 pm and was replaced by bright sunlight. at midnight, the sun was still well above the horizon. the air was pure and the light divine. at 2 am, the light

Du rouge sur du bleu

Tel le phénix qui renaît de ses cendres ... une souche calcinée, quelques crottilles de chèvres et voilà la vie qui repart au milieu du maquis.

On s'approche de la fin de la série..; je profite de cette photo prise au retour pour pousser un coup de gueule. figurez vous que je me suis alpagué pour de vrai avec cette femme en noir ( je me retiens pour pas dire pét......) à cause justement de ces fameux , chers et rares transats mis à disposition chichement par corsica ferries, et soigne

As mentioned in a precedent post, we have received some news from derek mueller who told us about the work his team has done around the iceberg on july, 30th : "our team is working in conjunction with the canadian ice service http://ice-glaces.ec.gc.ca/ to gather information on icebergs as they drift out of the arctic towards the east coast of cana

After having spend the previous night hiding from the wind, the amundsen lifted its anchor and left qausuittuq (resolute) early this morning. we head towards lancaster sound where we reencounter the fog yet again. the horn blares. we are going to retrieve a mooring that is located in front of devon island. around 6:30 pm, we arrive on site, but due

We started today in peel sound. the fog has lifted. around 11:00 am we pass our first piece of ice. will there be more to come soon? since the beginning of the morning, simon bélanger has been collecting his data with his optical instruments that are installed on the bow of the ship. one of the officers, philippe, has dubbed the structure that his

La corse , c'est aussi les yachts qui croisent de partout dans la belle bleue.

En corse , c'est tous les jours noël !!

We are in larsen sound. the full station started during the night. it is a busy day: starting this morning, the ctd sensors on the rosette that had been launched showed very high levels of chlorophyll - a bloom! not only were the filters filtering the water very coloured, but also they smelt of the sea. the plankton nets are full of copepods, arcti