EESS talk on "ACE, an interdisciplinary expedition around Antarctica"
Event details
| Date | 17.10.2017 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker |
Dr Danièle Rod, Swiss Polar Institute @EPFL, ACE expedition 2017 Short biography: Danièle Rod works at the Swiss Polar Institute (SPI) and is a political scientist by training. Before coordinating the Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) from 2015-2017, she spent her career working for science funding organisations (FNSF, ERC) and science policy organisations (SERI). She has worked for the Swiss National Science Foundation and managed international research programmes and partnerships for 10 years. From 2011, she was in charge of the Education (Erasmus) and Science (Horizon 2020) agreements at the Mission of Switzerland to the EU |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) was organised by the new Swiss Polar Institute. It circled the Antarctic continent and most of its sub-antarctic islands over a period of 3 months from December 2016 to March 2017 supporting 22 projects and almost 150 scientists from 18 countries. Conceived as an opportunity to better characterise the role of the islands in the Southern Ocean as well as providing circumpolar measurements of many variables in a single summer the cruise offered the opportunity to link physical and biological measurements in air, water and on land.
As well as vertical profiles at fixed stations using both CTDs and radio sondes, there were also continuous underway measurements of phytoplankton, surveys of airborne particles and aerosols, collection of plastics, bird and whale surveys, measurements of trace metal availability and trace gases, studies on the evolution of flora and fauna as well as investigations into palaeoclimate from ice and peat cores. Linking of the data sets and joint analyses will promote a more holistic understanding of dynamic change in the Southern Ocean and help provide baselines for future measurements.
During the presentation we will present the vision behind the expedition and its implementation, outline the journey and main scientific experiments performed over its three months journey and give insights into the follow-up work and legacy of this unique expedition.
The Antarctic Circumnavigation Expedition (ACE) was organised by the new Swiss Polar Institute. It circled the Antarctic continent and most of its sub-antarctic islands over a period of 3 months from December 2016 to March 2017 supporting 22 projects and almost 150 scientists from 18 countries. Conceived as an opportunity to better characterise the role of the islands in the Southern Ocean as well as providing circumpolar measurements of many variables in a single summer the cruise offered the opportunity to link physical and biological measurements in air, water and on land.
As well as vertical profiles at fixed stations using both CTDs and radio sondes, there were also continuous underway measurements of phytoplankton, surveys of airborne particles and aerosols, collection of plastics, bird and whale surveys, measurements of trace metal availability and trace gases, studies on the evolution of flora and fauna as well as investigations into palaeoclimate from ice and peat cores. Linking of the data sets and joint analyses will promote a more holistic understanding of dynamic change in the Southern Ocean and help provide baselines for future measurements.
During the presentation we will present the vision behind the expedition and its implementation, outline the journey and main scientific experiments performed over its three months journey and give insights into the follow-up work and legacy of this unique expedition.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Organizer
- EESS - IIE
Contact
- Dr Natacha Tofield-Pasche, SPI-GE