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Avian Island in Pictures

By Maria Vernet · February 4, 2008 · comments No comments yet
Each year on the PAL-LTER summer cruise, members of the seabird group (B-013) spend 5 days working on Avian Island. Avian Island is located just off the southern tip of Adelaide Island, south of the… {Read More »}


High Density Grid

By Maria Vernet · January 16, 2008 · comments No comments yet
During each of the cruises for this long-term set of observations, we have spent most of one day conducting a detailed investigation of the marine environment that the penguins nesting near Palmer Station use as… {Read More »}


Sea Birds

By Maria Vernet · January 9, 2008 · comments No comments yet
The Palmer LTER is organized into research components studying ranges of organisms from microbes to top predators. Today's pictures focus on the seabird component (B-013) of the Palmer LTER Summer Cruise. One of their responsibilities… {Read More »}


Hatching Eggs

By David Ainley · December 17, 2007 · comments 4 comments
CAPE ROYDS, ANTARCTICA-- Today the first eggs hatched here at Cape Royds, a few days later than the timing of this event last year. The colony is eerily quiet. Seems like there should be some… {Read More »}


Incubating Penguin Eggs and Melting Ice

By David Ainley · December 3, 2007 · comments No comments yet
The penguins are deep in thought incubating their eggs. The fast ice that we can see out our front door is beginning to break apart. Pieces the size of football fields are breaking off and… {Read More »}

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