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The End of Our Cruise & International Waters »by Cassandra Brooks
GERLACHE STRAIGHT-- We finally finished our zooplankton survey and since we had two days to spare, we steamed down into the Gerlache Straight, off the Antarctic Peninsula for a fun day off. The Gerlache Straight is famous for its scenery, but when I awoke it was snowing and it continued to snow all day...
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ANDRILL (drilling through time)
The Road to ANDRILL»
by Christina Riesselman
MCMURDO ICE SHEET-- In this video dispatch, ride in a special Mat Track truck across the ice sheet with me as I travel with ANDRILL Staff Scientist Richard Levy from McMurdo Station to the ANDRILL drill site. We investigate the truck's special wheels, observe beautiful…
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Antifreeze Fish
Going Ashore»
by Cassandra Brooks
SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS-- By far one of the biggest treats for those of us on the boat is getting ashore and visiting the sub-Antarctic field camps. First of all, stretching our legs on land is absolutely wonderful after so much time on a boat. Even…
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Ross Sea Penguins
Entrance of the Whales»
by David Ainley
Today we made a flight by helo along the fast ice edge and into the ice channel being made by the Oden, a Swedish icebreaker. Our purpose was to find out how many whales are in the vicinity. We found in previous years that when…
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