Rothera Point Traditional Geocache
Rothera: As no one can be ask to sign the log book It is now Archive.
It could be found after a winter of heavy snow.
Last time the log was sign was in 2015. their is a pencil which still works.
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It is location on top of the point over looking Ryder bay to the south west & looking at Rothera base to the north.
It is a round contianer about 150mm long & has a log book inside. Adelaide Island lies approximately 1860km south of the Falkland Islands and 1630km south east of Punta Arenas in Chile. The island is 140km long and heavily glaciated with mountains of up to 2565m height. The station is built on a promontory of rock at the southern extremity of the Wormald Ice Piedmont.Once personnel and their equipment have arrived at Rothera they can be transported to field locations through the use of ski equipped de Haviland Twin Otter aircraft. Additionally a de Haviland Dash 7 aircraft is able to land on wheels at the blue ice runway known as Sky Blu. Field work is concentrated in the summer months from November through to March.
Field science programmes currently being supported from the station include glacial retreat, ice coring for the study of atmospheric chemistry and climate as well as the collection of geological data to support computer modelling of the historic movement of ice sheets.
There is also a considerable science programme being undertaken at the station itself.
The Bonner Laboratory, opened austral summer 1996-97, with its incorporated dive facility provides an excellent centre for the study of marine and terrestrial biology. The dive programme continues year round with divers accessing the water through holes cut in the sea ice during the winter.
Current areas of biological study include DNA “fingerprints” of evolution tracing the way species adapt to environmental extremes. Additionally there is an established long term monitoring study of specific sites to identify changes and trends in populations of certain species over time. This sort of information will be useful in identifying the effect of climate change. Once personnel and their equipment have arrived at Rothera they can be transported to field locations through the use of ski equipped de Haviland Twin Otter aircraft. Additionally a de Haviland Dash 7 aircraft is able to land on wheels at the blue ice runway known as Sky Blu. Field work is concentrated in the summer months from November through to March.
Field science programmes currently being supported from the station include glacial retreat, ice coring for the study of atmospheric chemistry and climate as well as the collection of geological data to support computer modelling of the historic movement of ice sheets.
There is also a considerable science programme being undertaken at the station itself.
The Bonner Laboratory, opened austral summer 1996-97, with its incorporated dive facility provides an excellent centre for the study of marine and terrestrial biology. The dive programme continues year round with divers accessing the water through holes cut in the sea ice during the winter.
Current areas of biological study include DNA “fingerprints” of evolution tracing the way species adapt to environmental extremes. Additionally there is an established long term monitoring study of specific sites to identify changes and trends in populations of certain species over time. This sort of information will be useful in identifying the effect of climate change. The coastal location means that we are able to observe a good selection of the Antarctic birds and mammals. Of the penguin species adelie’s are the most numerous, chinstrap and gentoos are only occasionally present in the summer. The emperor penguin is seen infrequently with a sighting most likely in the months of September, October or November. There are breeding populations of dominican gull (three pairs) and south polar skua (fifteen pairs or more). Antarctic terns and wilsons petrels are present offshore through the summer months but they chose to nest on higher mountain ridges. The blue eyed shag will be seen whenever the sea is not frozen, it breeds on several offshore islands.
Weddell Seal (Leptonychotes weddellii)
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