Due to the current status, Geophysica is not able to leave Sweden before Friday. The Swedish ministry of defense has called the airport several times today to make sure that Geophysica is leaving.
We have been informed that the Swedish authorities are working on new flight permissions. It is unclear whether these flight permissions are for the purpose of our research (which would be great) or for the Geophysica flight to leave the country. Either way, the German-, Italian- and Swiss embassies will ask for new permissions for the research flights. We are hoping for the best…
To get an overview of the airport in Kiruna and where we are located:
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At the pin: Arena Arctica, location of our work
Even though it is already mid-April, some of us (not me…) saw some nice polar lights yesterday night.
Polar lights, picture taken by Brian Leen
Oh, wow… Hopefully you can continue the campaign soon.