MATAGRO, 11JAN13: Diário de Campanha

Landscape from Campo Icaro. For kindly concession of the Italian Program for Antarctic Research (PNRA)

Around Mario Zucchelli Station there are a lot of scientific camps: "Oasi", for the magnetic field and seismological measurements; "Campo Antenne" where some antennas are installed for different aims and the principal is to ensure the radio communications between the control operations (coordinating all the activities) and the scientific and logistic personnel; "Campo Meteo", where the meteorological observations are performed; "Campo Faraglioni" and "Campo Icaro", placed in a clean zone at 3 km from the station and used for chemical and for solar radiation measurements. I have to go to Campo Icaro every 2/3 days in order to check a shadow band radiometer for the measurements of the global, and diffuse solar radiation.

When the meteo conditions are good is always a pleasure to leave the station for a while (2/3 hours) for a walk in the middle of ...nothing.

Daniele Bortoli, Mario Zucchelli Station, Antártica, 11-01-2013

"Campo Icaro". For kindly concession of the Italian Program for Antarctic Research (PNRA)