Visit Antarctica
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima of the Netherlands visited the Antarctic from 6-9 February 2009. They were invited by the Dutch Organisation for Antarctic Survey, de Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (NWO). During their stay the Prince of Orange wrote a blog. The full text of these blogs can be found on this website.
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Blog 8 February 2009
The weather was favourable, so we got the opportunity to descend into a crevasse. Equipped with crampons under our shoes to give us grip on the ice, and with everything else we needed for our descent and ascent, we lowered ourselves into a hole in the glacier.
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Blog 7 February 2009
Today we had some time to get to know the scientists doing research in and around the Bonner Laboratory (named after Nigel Bonner), here on Rothera.
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Blog 6 February 2009
The Dash 7 landed on Rothera’s very short runway at 06.00 hours exactly.
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Blog 5 February 2009
Welcome to this blog. This is the first blog from the southernmost tip of the American continent, shortly before we hope to cross the ocean to Antarctica, the actual goal of our trip.
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