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Our First Iceberg

By Maria Vernet · April 1, 2009 · comments 1 comment
ABOARD THE RVIB N. B. PALMER, ON THE SOUTHERN OCEAN-- C18A is a large iceberg, rectangular, shaped almost like a surf board, 18 km long and 6 km wide. It takes us about 4 hours at 11 knots to navigate around it... {Read More »}


All Kinds of Diatoms

By Maria Vernet · March 31, 2009 · comments 5 comments
ABOARD THE RVIB N. B. PALMER, ON THE SOUTHERN OCEAN-- After 4 days in transit we arrived at Clarence Island near the South Shetlands. It is too windy to test our new instruments here. So we turn northeast and after 8 more hours we arrive at the C18A iceberg... {Read More »}