how it all began...

hello world

finally I enter the world of blogs. Actually, this is almost something like a prequel to my website, which has been running since 1999 (www.rupert.krapp.org) and originated as an online diary of a year spent on Svalbard, an archipelago in the Arctic.

So, similar to the great success of other prequels which followed - and subsequently explained and gradually enhanced - the otherwise mediocre sequels released much earlier, I intend to rework the material of my Polar travels and adventures, as well as the "more serious" part of my scientific explorations and career. And yes, I have been watching Star Wars recently... ;-)

So here we go: begun again, this online diary has!