Images from the RECONCILE
end of mission party:
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Thomas Peter (Institute of Atmospheric and Climate
Science, Zurich, Switzerland) and
Stefan Borrmann (Institute for Physics of the
Atmosphere, Mainz, Germany)
give a long-winded, yet humorous speech "end of
mission" speech.
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Kurt Mäki of the
Swedish Aviation Authority explains the details
behind the production
of a home-made wine
served at the end of party
dinner
(this wine was not tried by
most until the beer supply had been exhausted).
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Hideaki Nakajima (National Institute for
Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan),
Marc von Hobe (Institute for Stratospheric
Chemistry, Jülich, Germany), and
Ross Salawitch (University of Maryland) pose for a
picture that
embodies the international spirit of cooperation
and friendship that
typifies a field campaign such as RECONCILE.
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More international spirit: Ross Salawitch with
Markus Rex
(Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine
Research, Potsdam, Germany),
Francis Pope and Isla Young (both of Cambridge
University, England).
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Geophysica pilot Oleg Shepetkov makes sure that
German graduate student
Tobias Wegner does not leave thirsty, even though
the supply of beer
has been exhausted, by pouring him a clear liquid
drink imported from Russia.