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Iron-Limited Phytoplankton?

By Maria Vernet · June 20, 2008 · comments No comments yet
ICEBERG A43K, SOUTHERN OCEAN-- The waters of the Southern Ocean are considered High Nutrient Low Chlorophyll (HNLC) waters. In spite of abundant dissolved nitrogen, phosphorus…
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Life Around the Iceberg

By Maria Vernet · June 19, 2008 · comments No comments yet
ICEBERG A43K, SOUTHERN OCEAN-- Many birds, seals and whales are living around Iceberg A43K. We saw several of them as we approached the iceberg two…
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Tagging Icebergs From Above

By Maria Vernet · June 16, 2008 · comments No comments yet
SOUTHERN OCEAN-- One very important piece of information needed to study an iceberg is its geographical location at any given time. By analyzing the iceberg's…
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Our Changing Iceberg

By Maria Vernet · June 13, 2008 · comments No comments yet
SCOTIA SEA, SOUTHERN OCEAN-- Icebergs in the Southern Ocean are constantly moving and transforming. SS-1, the iceberg we are currently studying, is considered a "medium"…
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Floating Communities

By Maria Vernet · June 9, 2008 · comments No comments yet
SOUTHERN OCEAN-- The main research pursuit behind our group of scientists' travel aboard the N.B. Palmer this month is to see how icebergs influence surrounding…
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The Epic Iceberg Hunt

By Maria Vernet · June 7, 2008 · comments No comments yet
SCOTIA SEA-- Yeah! We have all been waiting for this moment. We have finally arrived at our first study site. It has been a bit…
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South Orkney Island Bound

By Maria Vernet · June 2, 2008 · comments No comments yet
STRAITS OF MAGELLAN-- June is here and it almost felt like a summer day, the sun was shining so brightly. Then the sun set at…
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Goodbye Mainland

By Maria Vernet · May 31, 2008 · comments No comments yet
PUNTA ARENAS, CHILE-- Today we untied lines from the dock at Punta Arenas, Chile and began our voyage to the Weddell Sea, which is located…
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Preparing for Antarctica

By Maria Vernet · May 22, 2008 · comments 1 comment
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA-- On Monday 26 May I will depart for Punta Arenas, Chile, in the tip of South America, on my way to the…
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