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Antarctica 2001- Week 1

December 31, 2001  More ...

Antarctica 2001 Research Expedition Team

The Adventure Begins

Antarctica 2001 - Day 1

December 6, 2001  Hamilton's antarctic expedition started with 36 hours of air travel to Punta Arenas, Chile. There they boarded the research vessel, RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer--their destination an area off the Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica. More ...

Map of Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego

Antarctica 2001 - Day 2

December 6, 2001  The Hamilton Antarctica 2001 Expedition passed through the Straits of Magellan and turned south along the east coast of Tierra del Fuego. Tierra del Fuego, "Land of Fire" was named for the many campfires seen by Magellan during his explorations between 1519 and 1522. More ...

Scott McCallum, Kate McMullen '02, Diana Duran '03 and Neil Basu

Into the Drake Passage

Antarctica 2001 - Day 3

December 10, 2001  The Hamilton expedition aboard the Nathaniel B. Palmer is heading into the Drake passage. This is one of the legs of their trip to Antarctica. More ...

Navigation screen showing course past King George Island.

Leaving the Drake

Antarctica 2001 - Day 4

December 10, 2001  "Cloudy, windy and snow squalls with building seas" is the forecast for the Hamilton group as they head out of the Drake passage and make their way south toward Antarctica. More ...

Sunset at midnight over the Trinity Peninsula, as viewed from the Antarctic Sound.

Land Ho!

Antarctica 2001- Day 5

December 10, 2001  " ...when I came on duty at midnight we were passing through the Antarctic Sound at the tip of the Palmer Peninsula. A beautiful sunset occurred at midnight..." Read Dave Tewksbury's daily journal entries from Hamilton's Antarctica 2001 expedition. More ...

Journals: > Week 2 > Week 3 >Week 4 >Week 5

Hamilton Geology Professor Eugene Domack has 23 years of Antarctic experience, the last 14 in the Peninsula region. He is interested in understanding the natural record of environmental variability locked in glacial marine sediments in fjords and inner coastal basins on both sides of the Peninsula. He is currently investigating the paleorecord of Antarctica's disintegrating ice shelves. Domack's research is made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.