Another great cruise, happy to be home Well, I guess we did it again…we collected an unbelievable data set, we saw lots of things that few people get to see, and we had a blastContinue reading
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Flandres Bay (Sat., 6/5/10) – Last day of small boat ops… and killer whales
It’s June 5th, two weeks from Winter Solstice in this hemisphere and the morning sun is rising later each day. The sky looked clear as we prepared boats and I was hoping the day wouldContinue reading
Palmer Station (Thurs., 6/3/10) – A Compelling Illusion of Integrity
We haven’t seen much of the sun at all in the past few days, as winds and storms have kept us from both work and play. Indeed, our trip ashore to Palmer Station was truncatedContinue reading
Gerlache Strait (Tues., 6/1/10) – Chasing Phantoms
If you’ve been following our blog regularly (you have been following the blog, haven’t you?), by now you are familiar with our daily routine. Get up, make coffee, have breakfast, launch the small boats, putContinue reading
Wilhelmina Bay (Mon., 5/24/10)- When the snow clouds touch water
Today the snow clouds came down to sea level and covered the water in a thick blanket of low visibility and constant snow. We had a lot of work to do so we could notContinue reading
Wilhelmina Bay (Sat., 5/22/10) – Epic Visual Observations
An important goal of the MISHAP program is to place the foraging behavior of Antarctic humpbacks into the context of their prey distribution and density, and in relation to other krill predators. So, while AriContinue reading
Wilhelmina Bay, (Fri., 5/20/10) – Gradients
Our primary scientific objective is to study interactions between humpback whales and their prey, krill. This is why we tag the whales and why we are interested in the physical and biological factors that influenceContinue reading
Antarctica (Sun., 5/16/10) – A Video of Whale Tagging
Since our video capacity is limited this year, we wanted to include this footage from our tagging success during our 2009 expedition.
On the way to Andvord Bay (Sat., 5/15/10) – Graduation Day
We celebrate our graduate students’ big day Our Antarctic trip is a wonderful opportunity to conduct world-class research in one of the most amazing places on earth. But the trip also entails sacrifice, as weContinue reading
At Sea (Sat., 5/15/10) – A Graduation Video
Graduation on the RVIB Palmer