LARISSA

Reece Flight for LARISSA

Sites A and B are 2 potential ice core sites, one of which will be used on the 2010 cruise. For further information, please contact Lonnie (thompson.3@osu.edu) or Ellen (thompson.4@osu.edu)
Thompson at Ohio State University.

Photos Provided By the British Antarctic Survey
Photos taken by Pilot Josh Urban

Site A - Northern Site

Latitude: 65.7179 S
Longitude: 63.4805 W

13 approaching site A	14 about to trail skis
15 looking at ski tracks	18
19	20

 

Site B - Southern Site

22 approaching site B	24 on the deck
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Larissa was a figure from Greek mythology, a wife of Poseidon; often pictured holding a vessel having three handles. We think of the three handles as 'Ice/Climate' - 'Marine Geology' and 'Life.'