Thank you, Fer!! We appreciate very much your comments and remarks. Best regards. Conxita
2009/1/25, fer de vries <[email protected]>: > > Conxita Bou, > > My congratulations to the people who made the trip to the pole and to > anyone of the team that was involved. > > Best wishes, Fer. > > Fer J. de Vries > > De Zonnewijzerkring > http://www.de-zonnewijzerkring.nl > > Molens > http://www.collsemolen.dse.nl > > Eindhoven, Netherlands > lat. 51:30 N long. 5:30 E > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Conxita Bou <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, January 25, 2009 4:12 PM > *Subject:* SUSIE Project > > > > Dear friends, > > We are pleased to inform you that on January 20, at 21:20 hours (local > time in Barcelona) , the expedition *Pol Sud Sense Límits Obra Social "la > Caixa"* reached its goal: the geographic South Pole! The joy was immense. > We never doubted that it would succeed, but the bad weather which retained > the expedition more than four days in Punta Arenas, brought the concern > that the weather conditions could bring the strongest impediments in the > future. However, the expedition members were anxious to recover this lost > time and even arrived at their destination ahead of schedule. > > > > > The members of the expedition were received at the U.S. base > Amundsen-Scott Station, when it was officially handled the sundial of the > *Societat Catalana de Gnomònica* to the head of the base and being other > senior members present, as commemorative item of their arrival at the South > Pole. The head of the U.S. base thanked the gesture and begged the members > of the expedition to sign a memorandum of this present , in which the name > of the sundial (*SUSIE - Sundial on the Southernmost Ices on Earth*) and > their authors (*Vilà, **I., Farré, E., Girbau, J., Ventura**, J.)*are > mentioned. From this document the personnel of the base will make a brass > plate, full color, to be kept beside the sundial. The sundial will be kept > indoors in this huge station to protect it from the permanent snowstorms; > nevertheless it will be eventually used outdoors. > > > > > > More information can be found on > > www.gnomonica.cat > > www.polsudsenselimits.org > > > > Cordially, > > Conxita Bou > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > --------------------------------------------------- > https://lists.uni-koeln.de/mailman/listinfo/sundial > >
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