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Captain's report from Upernavik  A
visit to the "Dagmar Aaen" was more than overdue. But an expedition
project requires not only committed action on the spot; the
organizational and financial foundations must also be taken care of
continually. Lecture series, delivery dates for the new book manuscripts
and many other things left me with little spare time. To put it
directly...
read moreStormy turn of the year  The
three overwinterers on board the "Dagmar Aaen" had to wait a long time
for winter to arrive in Greenland's Upernavik. All the ice in the bay
had disappeared before the turn of the year - the ship swam in open
waters. Strong storms and temperatures above the freezing point offered
an unusual picture on the west coast of Greenland. It finally started to
get colder during the first days of the new year and a thin coat of ice
slowly began to form around the expedition ship. The overwinterers Kai
Meibaum, Rémy Toukouda and Martin Varga have already survived the most
difficult point - the days are now starting to grow longer."Dagmar Aaen" heads for Upernavik
Expedition-Logbook / Route of the vessel ICE-camp 2009 ended  The
third Ice-Climate-Education-camp is over. Last Friday the participants
took their flights back home. One day before they hold their study
reports in the conference room of the Húsavík Whale-Museum and got a
beautiful New Kaledonien dinner outside the city. The last highlight of
the camp was a short visit of the amazing Goðafoss-waterfall.22.06.09: Luggage-Problems at the journey 23.06.09: Breakfast in Gamli Baukur and Whale Museum 24.06.09: Lecture about global warming and a hike 25.06.09: Experiences of a polar-expert 26.06.09: Whale-Watching at Húsavík 27.06.09: Sailing-trip with Dagmar Aaen to Dalvik 28.06.09: Hiking in the wonderful Svarfaðardal 29.06.08: Katherine's birthday at guesthouse Skeið 30.06.09: Trip to the amazing waterfalls of Iceland 01.07.09: Students-dinner and sulphur springs 02.07.09: Study reports and a beautiful last evening 03.07.09: Goðafoss and the flights back home Dagmar Aaen arrived at Húsavík  Two
weeks ago Arved Fuchs started to his new expedition "North pole dawn".
Fromm the harbour in Hamburg the "Dagmar Aaen" sailed straight to
Iceland, where Fuchs initiated the third international youth camp in
Húsavík. On our ICE-Website the pupils will make a diary of the camp.Sea rescue exercise
More Infos and Pictures Last evening at Húsavík  With
a beautiful barbeque expired the last evening at Húsavík. On Wednesday
the participants will perform their reports and after this they have to
travel back to the airport in Keflavik. They will arrive at Frankfurt on
Thursday morning and from there they will fly back to their home
countries.New equipment for "Dagmar Aaen" The Danis company "Thrane & Thrane" is the world's leading manufacturer of global mobile satellite and radio communication. They develop and market satellite and radio communication equipment for use at sea, on land and in the air. In the last week "Thrane & Thrane" equipped our vessel "Dagmar Aaen" with a complete new communication system. Here you can see some impressions of the vessel in Aalborg. |
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