In Memoriam

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-03-20 DOI:10.13157/arla.70.2.2023.im

S. Merino

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Abstract

T year 1994 was coming to an end when I received a call from a researcher from the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) asking me if I could spend the next two months working on a project on penguins in Antarctica. It seemed like a joke, but it wasn’t. The principal investigator of the research project, Juan Moreno, had suddenly felt unwell and had to return to Spain to go to the doctor. It was difficult to find a substitute willing to embark on a trip to the extreme south of the world in just a few days and with availability during that time. The search had proved fruitless until my thesis advisor, Jaime Potti, who was in Antarctica collaborating on the project, suggested my name. He could not stay longer since he had to attend his classes at the University of Alcalá de Henares so, despite my inexperience, I was “the candidate”. Lali Moreno, the researcher at the other end of the phone, gave me the instructions to acquire the necessary equipment for such an adventure. Before I could realise it, I was crossing the Atlantic in a plane bound for Punta Arenas, in southern Chile. There I met Juan and Jaime, who embarked me on the ship Hesperides, ready to sail to Deception Island. A few days later the ship entered the inner bay of the small horseshoeshaped island, and we saw the buildings of the Spanish Antarctic Base “Gabriel de Castilla”. The material and personnel that had to disembark at the base were transferred in a zodiac. I remember perfectly how we stood on that dark pyroclastic sand that revealed the volcanic Ardeola 70(2), 2023, 141-150 DOI: 10.13157/arla.70.2.2023.im

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1994年即将结束时，我接到了西班牙国家研究委员会(CSIC)一位研究员的电话，问我能否在接下来的两个月里从事一个关于南极洲企鹅的项目。这看起来像个玩笑，但其实不是。该研究项目的首席研究员胡安·莫雷诺(Juan Moreno)突然感到身体不适，不得不回到西班牙去看医生。很难找到一个愿意在短短几天内前往世界最南端旅行的人，而且在那段时间内有空。直到我的论文导师杰米·波蒂(Jaime Potti)向我推荐了我的名字，我的搜索才无果而终。他当时正在南极洲参与这个项目。他不能再呆下去了，因为他必须在阿尔卡莱德埃纳雷斯大学上课，所以，尽管我缺乏经验，我是“候选人”。电话另一端的研究员拉利·莫雷诺(Lali Moreno)给了我一些指示，让我为这样的冒险准备必要的设备。在我意识到这一点之前，我正乘坐一架飞往智利南部蓬塔阿雷纳斯的飞机飞越大西洋。在那里我遇到了胡安和詹姆，他们把我送上了赫斯庇得斯号，准备驶向欺骗岛。几天以后，船进入了这个马蹄形小岛的内湾，我们看到了西班牙“加百列·德·卡斯蒂亚”南极基地的建筑物。必须在基地下船的物资和人员用小艇转移。我清楚地记得我们是如何站在黑暗的火山碎屑沙上，揭示了火山Ardeola 70(2)， 2023, 141-150 DOI: 10.13157/arla.70.2.2023.im

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

期刊介绍： Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.