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Weddell Seals in Erebus Bay

By David Ainley · November 28, 2007 · comments 4 comments
Today we conducted an aerial survey of Weddell seals in Erebus Bay. Our project doesn’t usually spend much time observing seals, other than leopard seals… {Read More »}


Whales and Penguins

By David Ainley · November 26, 2007 · comments 3 comments
I guess I might as well show you, the reader, what the view is from the other direction. This picture wasn’t taken from the… {Read More »}


Thanksgiving at the Penguin Colony

By David Ainley · November 23, 2007 · comments No comments yet
CAPE ROYDS, ANTARCTICA-- Well, let’s see, it was chicken and oriental rice for Thanksgiving dinner yesterday eve, and a rousing blizzard outside. Only in the… {Read More »}


Penguins on the Scale

By David Ainley · November 20, 2007 · comments No comments yet
We’ve now got our stuff set up, including the weighbridge. This is an apparatus that identifies penguins (from the computer chip we inject under… {Read More »}


Setting up Royds Penguin Camp

By David Ainley · November 17, 2007 · comments 1 comment
Two of us, Jean Pennycook (a science teacher) and I, arrived at Cape Royds, landing by helicopter chock full of food boxes, camping gear, and… {Read More »}


Adventures with Adélie Penguins at Cape Royds in the 2007–08 Austral Summer

By David Ainley · November 16, 2007 · comments No comments yet
We have set out in the 12th year of a project in which we seek to understand why Adélie Penguin populations have been increasing in… {Read More »}


Preparing for Ice Camp

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · November 12, 2007 · comments No comments yet
Slawek and I have now been in McMurdo for just over 48 hours. Because of our weather-caused delay, we’re now quite busy making all… {Read More »}


Finally, On the Ice!

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · November 11, 2007 · comments No comments yet
After a six-day delay, we arrived yesterday at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. The storm that had been preventing our departure finally cleared, and we had a… {Read More »}


All Dressed Up and Nowhere to Go

By Nadine Quintana Krupinski · November 8, 2007 · comments No comments yet
We’re currently “stuck” in New Zealand, waiting for the weather to clear at McMurdo Station in Antarctica so we can fly in to begin… {Read More »}