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Marine Mammals

By Maria Vernet · January 24, 2008 · comments 1 comment
Each year on the cruise, we are privileged to have many encounters with marine mammals -- mammals that live and feed primarily in the ocean.… {Read More »}


Penguins: Barometers of Climate Change

By Maria Vernet · January 23, 2008 · comments 10 comments
While it may not be initially intuitive to think so, penguins make up a major proportion of top predator species found in the Western Antarctic… {Read More »}


Water Sampling

By Maria Vernet · January 22, 2008 · comments No comments yet
Monday we reached the first station of the southernmost portion of the LTER grid and started the “200” line. We began sampling offshore at station… {Read More »}


Penguins & Krill

By Maria Vernet · January 18, 2008 · comments No comments yet
Hello from the Frozen South! Though we are currently around 200 km off shore, a few days ago we had a beautiful day to bob… {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… {Read More »}


Zooplankton Group Deck Operations : Biofish, Net Tows, & Sample Recovery

By Maria Vernet · January 15, 2008 · comments No comments yet
Of the four components on the ship, the Zooplankton group (B028) spends the most time on deck, utilizing three instruments deployed from the ship's main… {Read More »}


Entrance of the Whales

By David Ainley · January 14, 2008 · comments 4 comments
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.… {Read More »}


Sediment Trap Recovery & Redeployment

By Maria Vernet · January 10, 2008 · comments No comments yet
Greetings Everyone!! Thursday (January 10th) was a very busy and exciting day on board with the recovery and redeployment of the sediment trap, a key… {Read More »}


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 »}

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