After retrieving our minke whale tag on Valentine’s Day, we dropped Nick Gales off at Port Lockeroy and headed back to Wilhelmina Bay. We had hoped to go ashore in Port Lockeroy, but itContinue reading
Author: Andy Read
Dr. Read's is Rachel Carson Associate Professor of Marine Conservation Biology at the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, NC. His research interests are in the conservation biology of long-lived marine vertebrates, particularly marine mammals, seabirds and sea turtles.
All the Diamonds in the World
For the last week we have been working in pretty cloudy conditions with – as you may remember from Matt’s blog – snow, sleet, and all manner of other frozen precipitation. When we wokeContinue reading
Tagging Minke Whales
Tagging a whale sounds like a difficult proposition. After all, they are very big, wet and blubbery and spend most of their lives underwater. So clever scientists must find ways to reduce the degreeContinue reading
Whales, Whales, Whales…
Those of you who followed our blogs in previous years know that we worked in the autumn and early winters, when humpback whales pack into the bays and fjords along the west side ofContinue reading
Every Project Needs an Acronym
One of the most important parts of planning a project like this is to come up with a title that has a snappy acronym. We don’t really know why, but it seems to beContinue reading
Living the High Life Aboard the M/S Prinsendam
To get to our field site on the Antarctic Peninsula we typically sail on a research vessel, departing from Punta Arenas, Chile and crossing the Drake Passage to Palmer Station. This year, however, weContinue reading
The Greatest Adventure of Their Lives – Antarctic 2013
Stay tuned as we bring you updates from our new Antarctic research project! We’re currently in Punta Arenas, Chile, waiting for passage across the Drake Passage to the Antarctic Peninsula, where we will be studyingContinue reading
Day 10: Of Mice and Men
Mice abound but the rats have been eradicated, with enormously positive impacts on several species of seabirds Steinbeck wasn’t thinking about conservation or Midway Atoll when he wrote his novella. But his title was aContinue reading
Day Fourteen (Jan. 31) – Last Thoughts
A few final observations at the end of our adventure Returning from Midway is always a difficult experience for me, because we arrive in urban Honolulu in the middle of the night. I usually try Continue reading
Day Ten (Jan. 27) – Tagging Monk Seals
The class has been accompanying Tracy Wurth on her monk seal surveys and yesterday some of us helped her to tag a yearling seal One of the great things about Midway is the first-hand experienceContinue reading