Diaries
The latest uploads from Operation Iceberg.
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The third of my 91热爆 Nature diaries, detailing my experience of sharing our temporary home with arctic foxes.
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I had almost forgotten that the moon existed. On our last night on the ship, the clouds finally lifted...
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Explorer Andy Torbet explores above and below decks of the expedition's ship, Neptune.
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Canadian earth scientist Anna Crawford joins the team after battling through the arctic.
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After returning from the glacier the team load up the boat and sail to the iceberg and are confronted with polar bears and unstable ice.
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This morning, our world is white and grey. The fog has arrived. But we're feeling positive...
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This was a bear that didn鈥檛 care. But it was having a good look at us anyway. It casually paddled along about 50 metres away from the ship.
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Have you ever thought about how amazing light switches are? I鈥檓 fairly sure that I hadn鈥檛 ever really appreciated them...
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The team pack up at the glacier camp and look forward to the next goal, iceberg camp.
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The second of my 91热爆 Nature diaries, I describe our experience of sailing perilously close to a disintegrating glacier.
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Expedition medic Chris van Tulleken explains the daily duties for the team doctor.
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This morning, the glacier is shimmering. It鈥檚 a stunning addition to an already stunning view. But it鈥檚 nothing to do with the ice itself.
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Extreme adventurer Andy gives a guided tour of his quarters at the glacier camp.
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Perched on our promontory camp we are drawn to constantly gaze down upon Greenland's Store Glacier.
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Helen reports on the first week of the expedition based at the Store glacier. Featuring remarkable footage of the glacier from the expedition chopper.
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Pictures of the operation iceberg team at work on a glacier in Greenland. Rare glimpses or an ice wilderness includung calving icebergs and fresh-water blue lakes that form on the glacier surface.
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Washing my hair in a bucket last night, I felt that I had come to the decadent end of a luxurious day. I鈥檓 not exaggerating or being ironic.
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I'm sitting on a rock and looking down on a vast fortress of ice as it slowly crumbles into the fjord. This is the first full day at our glacier base camp.
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I visited Greenland in the summer of 2008 and spent most of my time doing battle with the evil forces of reality trying to make some half decent images.
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Operation Iceberg is about to begin. In the next few days, a group of about 25 documentary makers, presenters, scientists and expedition expertswill gather in Greenland.
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Physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski looks forward to the wonders that await in Greenland.
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Chris Packham's thoughts on venturing to Greenland and leaving the Hampshire woods.