Snowlanding at Troll Airbase The journey from Capetown to Troll Airbase in Antarctica took around 6.5 hrs. And down the journey, we started to see some little structures in white and blue shine on the sea. We were wondering what they were until we realized they were icebergs. Then came...

Bharati being a very recent station is also amongst the antarctic bases with best design. It is made of 134 prefabricated containers. The station broadly has 2 floors. The ground floor has laboraties for summer scientists to do the lab work and store the collected samples, a store room for...

The day after republic day went with restoring all the setup back to normal and other activities. The ship was making progress in the fast ice. By the night of 27th, a message has already been received that the ship has made considerable progress and might moor close to the...

On 3rd November 2017, I was boarding the flight to Antarctica, all excited about the expedition. I had just learned that it was almost polar days at Maitri. When I heard "polar days," I recalled the day when I first read about the continent. That's when I understood polar days...