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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 and silica, plant biomass is not very abundant and the… {Read More »}


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 days ago. In comparison, we had fewer sightings at SS-1,… {Read More »}


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 position with respect to the ship we can relate the… {Read More »}


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" iceberg. When we arrived, it was 2.3 nautical miles long… {Read More »}


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 organisms. This influence could come directly to the organisms themselves… {Read More »}


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 of a journey getting here. On the way to our… {Read More »}


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 4:30 PM and we were reminded that we are in… {Read More »}


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 Weddell Sea in Antarctica. I will be on my way… {Read More »}


Under the Glaciers

Understanding how large ice sheets in the Antarctic and Arctic behave in a warming world is an important but relatively unknown factor that may dramatically affect sea level and other consequences of climate change. {Read More »}


The End of Our Cruise & International Waters

By Cassandra Brooks · April 5, 2008 · comments 6 comments
One Gorgeous Day 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… {Read More »}

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