For Those with Saltwater in Their Veins
together during their time ashore and likely to be telling everyone how Nella Dan was always the first to get to Antarctica at the start of the season despite her newer, more powerful competition.The 75.5-metre Nella Dan made 124 voyages serving as a supply, expedition and research vessel in northeast Greenland and in Antarctica. She made the Arctic-Antarctic roundtrip each season for over 20 years.Built in 1961, Nella Dan quickly became the much-loved flagship of the J. Lauritzen polar fleet. After the passing of Knud Lauritzen, his wife Hannelore continued to sail on her.Families were encouraged
AUVs Under Ice: Past Milestones, Promising Future
scheme that could allow it to venture into unknown environments. From 2003 to 2005 the Austosub2 performed under-ice missions in both the Antarctic and Arctic, where a number of major feats were accomplished including the first multibeam image of the underside of sea-ice, taken off northeast Greenland. A major milestone was reached in 2005 when the Austosub2 ventured 25km beneath the Fimbul Ice Shelf; an amazing first for an AUV. This mission allowed retrieval of data in an environment virtually unreachable by previous means and yielded the first ever image of the shape of the underside
TGS Gets Multi-Year Offshore 2D Seismic Contract
TGS says it is to commence acquisition of a new multi-year, multi-client 2D program offshore Northeast Greenland. The project will be fulfilled over a maximum of four seasons, bringing TGS' total multi-client database in Northeast Greenland to more than 36,000 km. Data acquisition for the first season will commence in August 2014. "This data will provide companies with dense coverage over awarded license blocks and will lead to better regional understanding. The commitment to this multi-year program with its accompanying strong customer support is confirmation of TGS' strategy in
February 2025
