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
Category: marine studies
Flandres Bay (Sun., 5/30/10) – A night in the life of a Palmer M.T
As I write it’s nearly 10:30 in the morning and I’m on latte number 2 (each with two shots of espresso). I should also mention my green tea, three bottles of water, two slices ofContinue reading
Flandres Bay (Sat., 5/29/10) – Full Moon Memories
I’ve been watching the full moon set this morning, remembering the first time that I photographed a full moon in Antarctica. A huge moon rose over a great tabular iceberg, and Captain Joe graciously stoppedContinue reading
Flandres Bay (Fri., 5/28/10) – Keeping chaos at bay
schshhhhhhhhhhthchhchhhhhhthhchhchhhcrackleshcchsnaphrhchhchchch chilechrhchhcshhehhchhehhhfhhhehhhehhshhehhhshhehehchhchhhhh … crackleshcchsnaphrhchhchchchcshchshchshsnap*beep*……. As I mentioned in my first blog, I am here to help out with the radio-tracking of D-tagged animals. Since the D-tags store all the valuable data they collect, theyContinue reading
Flandres Bay (Thurs., 5/27/10) – Gone with the wind: Frankly weather, we don’t give a damn!
It was a dark and stormy night. The winds tore through the Gerlache with gusts up to 95 miles an hour. Seas were churning. Snow blew off the tops of icebergs, sometimes in huge chunksContinue reading
Flandres Bay (Wed., 5/26/10) – Small boat surveying in snow
“Don’t worry. I’m a trained professional. This is part of my job. We know what we’re doing.” These are things that I’ve said to my mother after explaining to her what I do for myContinue reading
Wilhelmina Bay (Tues., 5/25/10) – Farewell Wilhelmina Bay
When we woke up this morning we didn’t have to contend with yesterday’s low visibility; instead we encountered 20 knot winds and choppy seas, even in the shelter of Wilhelmina Bay. Despite the weather, ourContinue 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 (Sun., 5/23/10) – Elliot, starfish loves you!
After having a day of squirrelly un-tag-able whales yesterday, the tagging team was charged and ready to go this morning. They launched the small boats early (8:30 am) and immediately found multiple whales in theContinue 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