Diaries
The latest uploads from Operation Iceberg.
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Nature Diary: The camp fox, 31 July by Chris Packham
The third of my BBC Nature diaries, detailing my experience of sharing our temporary home with arctic foxes.
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Diary: Back from the Arctic, 14 July by Helen Czerski
I had almost forgotten that the moon existed. On our last night on the ship, the clouds finally lifted...
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Video: Andy Torbet's tour of Neptune
Explorer Andy Torbet explores above and below decks of the expedition's ship, Neptune.
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Video: Anna Crawford's Diary
Canadian earth scientist Anna Crawford joins the team after battling through the arctic.
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Video: Polar Bears on the Iceberg, 30 July
After returning from the glacier the team load up the boat and sail to the iceberg and are confronted with polar bears and unstable ice.
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Diary: What we learn about this iceberg will be hard-earned, 30 July by Helen Czerski
This morning, our world is white and grey. The fog has arrived. But we're feeling positive...
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Diary: This iceberg is infested with bears, 27 July by Helen Czerski
This was a bear that didn’t care. But it was having a good look at us anyway. It casually paddled along about 50 metres away from the ship.
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Diary: Breaking Camp, 24 July by Helen Czerski
Have you ever thought about how amazing light switches are? I’m fairly sure that I hadn’t ever really appreciated them...
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Video: Moving Camp, the half-way point
The team pack up at the glacier camp and look forward to the next goal, iceberg camp.
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Nature Diary: Entering the "death zone", 20 July by Chris Packham
The second of my BBC Nature diaries, I describe our experience of sailing perilously close to a disintegrating glacier.
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Video: Chris Van Tulleken, 17 July
Expedition medic Chris van Tulleken explains the daily duties for the team doctor.
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Diary: The Albedo Effect, 16 July by Helen Czerski
This morning, the glacier is shimmering. It’s a stunning addition to an already stunning view. But it’s nothing to do with the ice itself.
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Video: Andy Torbet 16 July
Extreme adventurer Andy gives a guided tour of his quarters at the glacier camp.
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Nature Diary: Mosquitoes and "mini forests", 11 July by Chris Packham
Perched on our promontory camp we are drawn to constantly gaze down upon Greenland's Store Glacier.
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Video: Operation Update, 7 July
Helen reports on the first week of the expedition based at the Store glacier. Featuring remarkable footage of the glacier from the expedition chopper.
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Gallery: Glacier Basecamp, 9 July
Pictures of the operation iceberg team at work on a glacier in Greenland. Rare glimpses or an ice wilderness includung calving icebergs and fresh-water blue lakes that form on the glacier surface.
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Diary: Flying Over Blue Lakes, 5 July by Helen Czerski
Washing my hair in a bucket last night, I felt that I had come to the decadent end of a luxurious day. I’m not exaggerating or being ironic.
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Diary: First Day At Basecamp, 1 July by Helen Czerski
I'm sitting on a rock and looking down on a vast fortress of ice as it slowly crumbles into the fjord. This is the first full day at our glacier base camp.
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Gallery: Greenland 2008 by Chris Packham
I visited Greenland in the summer of 2008 and spent most of my time doing battle with the evil forces of reality trying to make some half decent images.
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Diary: Heading To Greenland by Helen Czerski
Operation Iceberg is about to begin. In the next few days, a group of about 25 documentary makers, presenters, scientists and expedition expertswill gather in Greenland.
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Video: Helen Czerski looking forward to Operation Iceberg
Physicist and oceanographer Helen Czerski looks forward to the wonders that await in Greenland.
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Video: Chris Packham’s hopes and fears for Operation Iceberg
Chris Packham's thoughts on venturing to Greenland and leaving the Hampshire woods.
