Update
Today is a quiet day. We’re transiting to a new glacier to collect more
data. We’re heading through the ice and it’s getting quite cold out.
Ice forms on the portholes on the NBP as we move…
A Day on the Ship
By popular request, here’s a look at my typical day.
On the ship, work is 24 hours a day so we work in 12 hour shifts: 12am
to 12 noon or 12noon to 12am. (the crew have a slightly…
Update: PolarConnect Event Coming Up
Chat with us live from Antarctica!
Chief Scientist Frank and I will be conducting a real-time webinar (web
seminar) from the ship on April 18th, 2015 at 1pm…
Update
We made our way out of the polynya (to make sure we don't get trapped
in by growing sea ice on the outside) and are back along the continental
shelf. We've mapped some new areas and will be…
Update
We navigated through the sea ice and made it into a polynya near the
coast by Dibble Glacier. We’re doing a CTD about every other day looking
for the warm water intrusion and we’re constantly…
Happy Easter
Did you know the Easter Bunny visits Antarctica?
Did you know the Easter Bunny visits Antarctica? I found this on my cabin door Easter morning.
First Sea Ice
We’re in the ice! We…
We’ve made it to the continental shelf of Antarctica! It’s freezing
down here, literally. There’s a light snow falling outside. But no sea
ice yet.
Now that we're here we can get started with all the…
We’re still transiting. It’s starting to get cold! No sea ice yet
though. We got a little bit of calmer weather yesterday, just enough to
give me the time to get outside behind the bridge and snap a…
Today we started deploying the first in a series of Argo floats.
Although not directly related to the research we are doing on the
cruise, many Antarctic research trips will assist other researchers…
Update
We’re still transiting south. We have about four-ish days to go until we
reach Antarctica. Since the weather is still rough (occasionally drawers
go flying open and chairs fall over), most of…
Update
It’s hard to tell from the picture but we’re going through a washing
machine, figuratively. Thankfully there’s more rolling (side to side)
than pitching (up and down) and that seems to agree…
Let's take a closer look at the equipment Part 1: CTD
E., 4th grade, requests we take a closer look at the equipment we use on the ship.
Yesterday, we worked in test deployment of the CTD, before…
