Tuesday 15 January 2008 à 17:45
Position of Astrolabe at 11:03 UTC
Anne Goffart. Correspondent aboard the Astrolabe
66°45 S
142°55 E
Tuesday 15 January 2008 à 13:31
The ocean, supreme master on board!
Stéphanie Pavoine. Based in Dumont D’Urville station
We have to begin work this morning at 10h; the contingencies of the passages at sea dictate our operations after lunch. An iceberg saves the morning: a pillar of ice stands in the air, tranquilly ignoring the law of gravity. Just to its side, waves are breaking on a massive paving stone pierced by a cave.
