Exciting opportunity!!
Amélie
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Dr. Amélie Kirchgaessner FRMetS
British Antarctic Survey
email: amelie.kirchgaessner@bas.ac.uk
+44 (0)1223 221359
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-----Original Message-----
From: Alun Hubbard [abh] [mailto:abh@aber.ac.uk]
Sent: 05 June 2014 00:07
To: cryolist@lists.cryolist.org
Subject: [CRYOLIST] Men wanted for hazardous journey...
No wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete darkness. Safe return doubtful. Honour and recognition in event of success.
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I am seeking dependable & motivated crew for hybrid scientific, logistic support & exploratory (mountaineering) sailboat based expeditions in NW Greenland, the NW Passage, Patagonia & South Georgia Island over the next 2.5 years.
Specific boat skills are not required though a strong CV with applied outdoor experience are. Age, sex, nationality, race or qualifications are not a concern but I am primarily looking for a blend of self-sufficiency, character, determination & the ability to act rationally/think laterally in difficult situations. If you have anything over & above this to offer such as scientific, mechanical, technical expertise or even artistic/musical talent - then that is a bonus.
The sailboat is called Gambo - she is not everyone's cup of tea & nor is this a luxury cruise. But on a shoe-string & amateur basis, she has (with an eclectic collection of crew, mountaineers & scientists) notched up an impressive set of achievements in the last decade and a half including many years operating (including over-wintering) in the Antarctic & Greenland as well as various scientific, logistical and mountaineering 'firsts'. She has also been involved in a number of TV programmes including the BBC's gong-winning doco - 'Operation Iceberg'.
Just fishing at the moment (ho ho) but there is some small scale funding & a TV commission in the bag - I am looking for commitment for a minimum of 2 months that could slot into any of the above enterprises. If you've got the nerve for a longer-sentence then all the better.
I am also open to scientific suggestions as the boat is & will be involved in fairly extensive geophysics & hydrographic surveys as she goes & is also be supporting a fairly ambitious UAV acquisition programme.
Please get in touch with a CV/outline of experience or a suggestion if this is of interest to you.
Alun Hubbard
Centre for Glaciology
Dept of Geography & Earth Science
Aberystwyth University
Wales SY23 3DB
t +44 (0)1970 622591
m +44 (0)7966461004
www.aber.ac.uk/greenland
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