After the COVID-19, the PERMANTAR team returned to the field in January 2022, facing tightened restrictions that increased logistical complexities. After completing quarantine in Punta Arenas, team members traveled to different work sites.
Gonçalo Vieira, Joana Baptista, Patrícia Valadares, and Paula Matos departed for Hurd Peninsula and were warmly received at the Juan Carlos I station. During the stay, they maintained the SKO observatoires and collected ground and air temperatures. Additionally, they monitored the solifluction lobes, measuring the position of previous installed poles with DGPS.The same procedures were repeated for the Rock Glacier in False Bay.
Mohammad Farzamian and Henrique Zilhão headed to Barton Peninsula for the maintenance of the King Sejong observatory and the collection of the 20 GST loggers installed across the peninsula. Moreover, they were responsible for the installation of a new ERT system, located in the observatory area, enhancing the instrumentation setup.
Despite the challlenges of this field campaign, the majority of the goals defined were achieved through the involvment of the teams members but mostly by the funding support provided by the the Portuguese Polar Program (FCT) and logistical suppport of the Spanish Polar Program, the Korean Polar Research Institute and the Chilean Antarctic Institute.
Gonçalo Vieira, Joana Baptista, Patrícia Valadares, and Paula Matos departed for Hurd Peninsula and were warmly received at the Juan Carlos I station. During the stay, they maintained the SKO observatoires and collected ground and air temperatures. Additionally, they monitored the solifluction lobes, measuring the position of previous installed poles with DGPS.The same procedures were repeated for the Rock Glacier in False Bay.
Mohammad Farzamian and Henrique Zilhão headed to Barton Peninsula for the maintenance of the King Sejong observatory and the collection of the 20 GST loggers installed across the peninsula. Moreover, they were responsible for the installation of a new ERT system, located in the observatory area, enhancing the instrumentation setup.
Despite the challlenges of this field campaign, the majority of the goals defined were achieved through the involvment of the teams members but mostly by the funding support provided by the the Portuguese Polar Program (FCT) and logistical suppport of the Spanish Polar Program, the Korean Polar Research Institute and the Chilean Antarctic Institute.