Tag Archives: Antarctica

The Spirit of Mawson expedition – harried by ice and media

Posted on January 6, 2014 by Chris Rowan

The Highly Allochthonous family got pretty lucky on our trip to Antarctica: we enjoyed calm seas, including both ways across the infamously stomach-churning Drake Passage, and fairly clement weather every day of our trip. Meanwhile, on the other side of … Continue reading →

Categories: Antarctica, climate science, public science

Highly Allochthonous’s 2013 adventures

Posted on December 31, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

With a few hours of the year to spare in our current time zone, here’s a quick look back at some of the places your Highly Allochthonous bloggers have found themselves in the last 12 months. We started the year … Continue reading →

Categories: Antarctica, geology, photos

Talking ANDRILL

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Chris Rowan

The Antarctic Geological Drilling Project – ANDRILL – is an ambitious program of drilling down to the sediments deposited around Antarctica in the past few tens of millions of years, to unravel the history of the Antarctic ice sheets: how … Continue reading →

Categories: Cenozoic, climate science, past worlds