Sunday, September 21, 2014

On board the NBP / A bord du NBP

If you have questions, etc. email me: nick.bayou.guest@nbp.usap.gov
I will try to do my best to answer. Emails are sent and received whenever the satellite is being seen... It's not like at home! 

To follow the ship: Follow the Nathaniel B. Palmer

Saturday, September 20, 2014

Punta Arenas, Chile

After a few months of being home, I am off again for some Antarctica work. I am in Punta Arenas, Chile, on the shores of the Strait of Magellan, getting ready to sail for South Georgia, in the middle of the South Atlantic. 5 weeks at sea on the ice breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer.
Quite exciting...!


Après quelques mois passés à la “maison”, je suis à nouveau sur le départ pour les îles de Géorgie du Sud ! Sur les rives du détroit de Magellan, à Punta Arénas au Chili, les derniers préparatifs pour cette mission scientifique se terminent. A venir, 5 semaines sur le brise-glace Nathaniel B. Palmer…



Above Patagonia Ice Fields, Fitz Roy above the clouds / Les glaciers de Patagonie, avec le Fitz Roy pointant au-dessus des nuages.


Ice breaker Nathaniel B. Palmer / Brise Glace Nathaniel B. Palmer


On the bridge / Sur la passerelle


From the bridge, looking at Punta Arenas, Chile / Depuis la passerelle, vue sur Punta Arenas, Chili