UTM Antarctica Expedition Team Has Successfully Conducted Field Studies in Antarctica from 25 Feb -17 March 2015.

We are very glad to inform that UTM Antarctica Expedition Team has successfully conducted field studies in Antarctica from 25 Feb -17 March 2015. The studies include sun photometric measurement for aerosol and coastal water quality sampling; soil, water and sediment sampling for microbiological work; ROV testing under cold Antarctic water; and monitoring of human physiological changes under extreme conditions.

The expedition also include four days of sailing across the Drake Passage from Ushuaia, Argentina to the Antarctic islands, and another four days of cruising back to Ushuaia upon completion of the field studies.

We would like to thank everybody who has prayed for the safety and well being of the expedition team.

News Update: Antarctica Expedition

The UTM-Antarctic research group is currently heading to Antarctica by a research cruise vessel. They transited to Buenos Aires, Argentina before heading to Ushuaia, Argentina. From Ushuaia, they departed to Antarctica. It takes three days to travel from Ushuaia to King George Island, Antarctica. We are hoping that the researchers will have a safe and healthy journey and lots of interesting research results from their mission.

 

Researchers before departure at KLIA

 

Program leader, Prof. Sr. Dr. Mazlan Hashim in front of a Buenos Aires mosque

 

View of Ushuaia from the sea

 

Researchers are ready to depart to Antarctica

 

 

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