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t a l i A n t a r t i d e
Pictures
from the IV and VI Italian Expedition in Antarctica, 1987 and
1989
copyright by Paolo G. Calisse
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the
logo of the Italian Antarctic Program
on the ship's side of the m/s Barken
a
Squirrel heli taking off from the Barken's deck, hunting
for a passage in the thick pack
Ices
Drigalsky
glacier, on the way to the Tourmaline Plateau
amazing
gothic cathedral iceberg inTerra Nova Bay
pack
breaking at Terra Nova Bay, the Italica ship in the background
m/s
Barken mooring on the pack
pack cracking in front of the ship's bow, Terra Nova Bay station
on the background
pack on the way to Terra Nova Bay
Terra Nova
Bay Station
the
OASI submilliimeter observatory (see ahead)
a
view of the Italian Station of Terra
Nova Bay, a sombrero iceberg in the background
Oops!
sometime something goes wrong (with no injuries to people)
Penguins
On the way South, the ship spent a week moored on the ice pack for some repairs. A group of Adelie penguins came across the pack to look at that strange thing: the ship! This is a sequence of pictures was taken from the ship's side
On the way South, the ship spent a week moored on the ice pack for some repairs. A group of Adelie penguins came across the pack to look at that strange thing: the ship! This is a sequence of pictures was taken from the ship's side
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Look:
a penguin!
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2
penguins!!
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3
penguins!!!
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4
penguins!!!!
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5
penguins!?
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Adelies'
Town
an
Adelie penguin community - about 5000 individuals - close to Terra
Nova Bay
falling
in love...
...some
months later
Landscapes
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sunset
clouds above skuas' pond. Mt. Melbourne in the background
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the
first sunset over Campbell Island, heading Christchurch,
NZ
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storm
waves on the way South
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cathabatic
wind diving into the sea
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O
A S I
Osservatorio Antartico Submillimetrico Infrarosso
Osservatorio Antartico Submillimetrico Infrarosso
2
test millimeter radiometers
installation of the fiberglass
2.5 m mirror
first
light
On Shackleton's
footprints
On 1989, Reinhold Messner, the most famous mountaneer of every time, and Arved Fuchs, nephew of the Antarctic explorer Vivian Fuchs, succeded in crossing the Antarctic Continent, for the first time, with no external support. A journey of 2,800 km and 92 days from Queen Maud Land to McMurdo Sound
On 1989, Reinhold Messner, the most famous mountaneer of every time, and Arved Fuchs, nephew of the Antarctic explorer Vivian Fuchs, succeded in crossing the Antarctic Continent, for the first time, with no external support. A journey of 2,800 km and 92 days from Queen Maud Land to McMurdo Sound
Arved
Fuchs and Reinhold Messner arrive at Terra Nova Bay from McMurdo
Station
left
to right: Cervellati (ENEA), Messner, Zuccolini (ENEA). Fuchs
in the background, at right
with
Messner on the deck of the Italica, on the way back to New
Zealand
A journey
to Tourmaline Plateau
74.7 S 164.1 S, 2,000 m asl
74.7 S 164.1 S, 2,000 m asl
approaching
the pretty remote camp, to perform some millimeter site testing
...getting
closer...
...and
closer
by
PGC, 2001