Antarktis

A leeward cyclone has formed in the Gulf of Genoa and is showering the Alps with snow from the south. The general weather situation remains strongly zonal and therefore mild and humid. Strong storm lows are moving through northern Europe towards the weekend, with plenty of mild winds and wet precipitation. Their fronts will also determine the weather on the northern side of the Alps. However, there is reason to look forward to the new week!

Rudi Mair from the LWD Tyrol is working as an avalanche forecaster for the 31st winter this year. The eloquent "avalanche expert", who is also well known in the less snow-loving part of society, talks about the development of the Tyrolean avalanche warning service, the biggest innovations of the last thirty years and whether he would return to his professional origins in the Antarctic in retirement.

PowderGuide and everywhere else is currently teeming with movie tour announcements, trailers, teasers and other snowy video snippets. To give you an overview of this year's movie offerings, we have compiled everything that has flickered across our screens so far.

Today, the WeatherBlog is happy about the successes of modern science. As a student at an advanced stage, you occasionally ask yourself why you are actually doing what you are doing and who benefits from it. The usefulness of your own doctoral or master's thesis in particular may be questionable, but occasionally science in general achieves something cool and then you have the feeling that somehow and in general something is going right.

Tired of railriding and big kicker action? Then DEEPER is your movie!

Massive elephant seals, sea lions and seals lie just behind the waterline on the beach. The deafeningly loud "burps" of the elephant seals in particular give us a queasy feeling for the first few meters. We explore the surroundings for a few hours, see the first king and gentoo penguins, and one or two mouths remain open in amazement and enthusiasm. As the weather is stable and the swell allows it, we sail on to explore Prion Island. A few wandering albatrosses nest here between meters of tussock grass, which at this time of year are about to hatch their offspring.

"Looking for volunteers for dangerous journey. Low pay, bitter cold, long hours in complete darkness guaranteed. Return uncertain. Honor and recognition only in case of success." (Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton in a 1907 advertisement for his expedition to the South Pole.) About 100 years later, the start of a journey to the Antarctic polar region can look very different: