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Arctic Whales

The Artic summer welcomes many species of whales back from lengthy migrations, including the gray, blue, fin, and minke whales, but a fascinating trio—the bowhead, beluga, and narwhal—make their home in the Arctic and subarctic year round. {Read More »}


Zooplankton Soup

By Cassandra Brooks · March 15, 2008 · comments 4 comments
SOUTHERN OCEAN-- Krill get all the fame and glory as far as Southern Ocean zooplankton are concerned, and they certainly deserve it. But they only make up about half of the zooplankton biomass. So what… {Read More »}


Whale Break

By Cassandra Brooks · February 28, 2008 · comments 6 comments
SOUTHERN OCEAN-- After a full night of sorting krill, those of us on the night crew went out on deck in the early morning light. We had been notified that Fin whales were off the… {Read More »}


It’s All About the Krill

By Cassandra Brooks · February 20, 2008 · comments 6 comments
There are 19 scientists on board the Yuzhmorgeologiya and we’re all dedicated to studying Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and their ecosystem. I am on the zooplankton (the ocean’s small, drifting animal life) team and collectively… {Read More »}


Bouts of Bad Weather

By Cassandra Brooks · February 17, 2008 · comments No comments yet
Last night we arrived at our destination, South Orkney Islands, northeast of the Antarctic Peninsula. In most years the AMLR cruises just survey the South Shetland Islands, but because this is International Polar Year, the… {Read More »}


Zooplankton Under the Microscope

By Maria Vernet · January 27, 2008 · comments No comments yet
As you may have seen in one of our earlier dispatches regarding the zooplankton sampling methods (to read the dispatch click here) the zooplankton team scours the ocean with two nets, the smaller of which… {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 inshore and drop two Zodiacs in the water. The bird… {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 »}


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 deck on a daily basis. Zooplankton are small animals living… {Read More »}

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