Today began our first full day of whale observations, krill mapping and whale tagging. And what a spectacular day it was. After a night of oceanographic surveys we awoke to a chilly, misty morning nearContinue reading
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Drake Passage (Mon., 5/10/10) – Some Rules for the Antarctic…
We’ve arrived at the Peninsula. We spent the last two days in the Drake Passage. It was somewhat of a gloomy crossing, with at times 6 meter seas on the beam and cold rain andContinue reading
Argentinean Shelf (Sat., 5/8/10) – Over the shelf and into the Drake
We woke to a beautiful day on the Argentinean shelf, having dropped the pilot last evening and then completing our journey through the Straits of Magellan. View from the ship We spent the day travelingContinue reading
Puenta Arenas (Fri., 5/7/10) – Beginnings
Where the heck are those GPS cables, anyway? Most of us arrived in Punta Arenas yesterday, tired after a long journey to the bottom of the world from various points in the U.S. Despite multipleContinue reading
Return to Palmer Station
The Gould Returns to Palmer Station from fishing to pick up the whale team for the next leg… A small subset of the whale team (Dave, Elleta, Roland and Pat) went out with the “ice-fish”Continue reading
The Long Trip Home
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
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 (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
Andvord Bay (Wed., 5/20/09) – The ice is getting thick and the minke whales are getting playful…
While the science was going right on schedule, the highlight of the day was an unanticipated visit from an extremely curious minke whale. The team awoke this morning in Andvord Bay and we readied forContinue reading