For the moment I am waiting for the 2nd plane in Hong-Kong, but I will soon be in Antarctica, in Terre Adelie, Dumont d'Urville station. I will be working for Meteo-France (french meteorology service). I will write a blog at:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/
Erwan
Sounds like an adventure! :)
Hi Erwan,
I'm quite jealous :-). I hope you have a great time. I quite often see the US Antarctic planes being loaded at Christchurch airport in NZ and have considered hopping the fence and stowing away!
Regards,
Jo
take lots of good photos!
Hi there,
The adventure has begun!
I have put a first message on my blog. In french since I'm french, but, wait, I will try to translate when I'll have some time.
Internet here is damn slow, 256kbps only!
During my free time I will continue playing with Terragen, but I won't be able to download terrain data...
Erwan
Update: altostratus and walking on the ice.
Erwan
Cool to see pictures from someone who is actually there right now.
Keep us posted and have a great time,J.
Lobster for Christmas dinner? Cool!!
Be safe!
Update: photos o the 22° halo that was visible all the afternoon on saturday, last week.
Erwan
Great! Thanks for letting us know what's going on!
loving these updates, and the blog, thanks elegac!
Update: strong storm (140 km/h) and ice break-up
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/01/premiere-tempete-antarctique-et-debacle.html
Erwan
Update:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/2013/02/continuite-des-rotations-de-lastrolabe.html
Erwan
Erwan that place is like another world :)
Update: sea ice temporaly back!
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/
Erwan
The winter season has started! Now we are alone!
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/02/debut-de-lhivernage.html
Erwan
First auroras:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/2013/03/premieres-aurores.html
Erwan
Awesome. I will never forget the Aurora in Alaska. Hoping to go to Iceland later this year for more. :)
- Oshyan
New update (again!) with a 360*180° panorama of the meteorology office:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/2013/03/exercice-photo-panorama-du-bureau-meteo.html
Erwan
A new post about the radio probing (don't know if this the correct english word...it is to measure temperature, wind, pressure and humidity up to 25 km)
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/2013/03/le-radiosondage.html
Erwan
New post with a serie of photos I took before the storm:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/2013/03/le-calme-avant-la-tempete.html
Erwan
Some gorgeous sunsets in there. Could be Terragen. ;)
- Oshyan
New post: back on the sea ice.
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/04/retour-sur-la-banquise.html
Erwan
New post about the snow wall, with a video!
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/04/mur-de-neige.html
Erwan
Sunset and green flash:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/05/coucher-de-soleil-et-rayon-vert.html
Erwan
Timelapse of southern lights:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/05/timelapse-daurore-australe_21.html
Erwan
Wonderful. I'm quite envious on your stay down there. Must be a unique experience.
8) Great! Hope you have a good time down there.
I was envious at first. But you have been there so long. LOnger than a midwest winter, and that is too much winter for me. Right now I am envious of people who live where there are palm trees and girls in string bikinis everywhere. If you see anything like this in Antarctica, please let me know: http://www.brazil-carnival.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/amazing-brazilian-girls-in-hot-tiny-bikini-on-the-beach-31-hq2.jpg
Cool videos of Antarctica though!
I'm suddenly not envious anymore, Elegac. Sorry. ;)
New post about the circumpolar sky:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/2013/05/ciel-austral-les-regions-circumpolaires.html
Erwan
New (but short) post abour the new cold record for a month of may:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.fr/2013/05/mai-2013-nouveau-record-de-froid.html
Erwan
A new record of wind for the month of june: 220 km/h...at least (the anemometer is not working anymore):
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/06/juin-2013-nouveau-record-de-vent.html
Erwan
A serie of photos (28) of the icebergs:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/06/en-direction-des-icebergs.html
Erwan
8) Some great shots in this series.
Keep them coming.
New post about the most beautiful sundogs I've ever seen:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/07/parhelie.html
Erwan
That is a terrific view. Wish I were there ::)
Some news of the penguins:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/07/du-cote-de-la-manchotiere.html
Erwan
Im unable to read the copy. Can someone summarize what is contained in the articles?
A new post about the nacreous cloud visible the 8th of august
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/08/nuage-nacre.html
Erwan
19500th balloon launch
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/08/19500.html
Erwan
Here, we have some snow:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/09/congeres.html
Erwan
A galactic panorama:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/09/exercice-photo-panorama-galactique.html
Erwan
love the fisheye photos - what lens/camera didi you use?
No fisheye lens used here, I used a 18mm lens and put all the 50 images together with the "Microsoft ICE" freeware. I obtained a cylindrical projection. Then I used Photoshop to transform into a polar view.
The camera is a Canon 1100D.
Erwan
Diging the ice:
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/10/sondage-banquise.html
Erwan
Work at the D10 "airport":
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/10/remise-en-service-de-la-mesure-de-vent.html
Erwan
One of my last posts :the climatology of TA63
http://meteotech-ta63.blogspot.com/2013/12/climatologie-de-la-ta63.html
Erwan