After an amazingly successful cruise, thoughts turned to homes, friends and families – though we had many miles to travel to get to them. We left Palmer Station at 1000 on the 7th ofContinue reading
Category: Antarctica – 2009
Gerlache Strait (Sun., 6/7/09) – Coming Home!
What does it mean when mostly sane people strip down, show off their serious need for a tan, and jump into frigid water when you leave? Are they so excited to see you leave thatContinue reading
Port Lockroy (Fri., 6/5/09) – Let the Party Commence
With all of our science completed, the MISHAP team woke today ready to p.a.r.t.y! Doug checking out the penguins The schedule for the day was to launch the zodiacs at daylight so that we couldContinue reading
Lockroy Station (Thurs., 6/4/09) – A super happy something or other
So today was Andy Read’s birthday. What a mess that was. I woke up early, about 5am, worried I was going to be the last one to start the all day boozin’ that’s usually associatedContinue reading
Gerlache Strait (Wed., 6/3/09) – Thoughts towards the voyage home
Now, over fifty days later we’ve seen some of the densest aggregations of humpback whales ever recorded… We are wrapping up our science as the cruise comes to an end. Our initial goals were farContinue reading
Wilhelmina Bay (Mon., 6/1/09) – A fond farewell to Wilhelmina Bay
June 1 was the last day of major operations in Wilhelmina Bay, our most frequented portion of the study area, and the place with the biggest signal to noise ratio of life I have everContinue reading
Wilhelmina Bay (Sun., 5/31/09) – Hiiii Wayne! Hiii-iii–iiiiiii!!
Humpback tagging from the whale’s perspective…. Dora Hello readers! I’ve been asked to write a guest post on this blog, so first I think I should introduce myself. My name is Dora. The details ofContinue reading
Wilhelmina Bay (Fri., 5/29/09) – A Delightful Snowy Day
In hand: snowballs. Note to self: Get revenge. Gorgeous sunset in Wilhelmina Bay We started the day in thick fog, searching for ‘Nacho’, our tagged whale, and we are ending the day again in thickContinue reading
Wilhelmina Bay (Thurs., 5/28/09) – Nature Red in Tooth and Claw
Another tag on today in a bay full of whales and a spectacular sighting of a leopard seal eating a Gentoo penguin. sunrise As I write it is about 6:00 PM on Thursday night. It’sContinue reading
Chance Miller
Antarctica - 2009, conservation, faculty, marine studies, students, travel, Video Posts
Antarctica - 2009, conservation, faculty, marine studies, students, travel, Video Posts
Palmer (Sun., 5/24/09) – An Icy Night becomes a SNOW DAY!!
Time to explore a new area – so we pushed on to Charlotte Bay, just to the northeast of where we’d been working. Turns out Charlotte was pretty full of ice as well as whales…Continue reading