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Rothera

By Ann Tarrant | January 20, 2019

January 19 2019 (Note: this is #18 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould). Today we had the opportunity to visit Rothera Research Station, the largest British Antarctic facility. The visit is a tradition on the Palmer LTER cruise that provides an opportunity for the British and…

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Like two ships passing in the…nearly perpetual polar day

By Ann Tarrant | January 20, 2019
The Ships

January 18 2019 (Note: this is #17 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould). Today we met up with the other US Antarctic icebreaker, the Nathaniel B. Palmer (“NBP”), visible off in the foggy distance. The scientists on board have been working to characterize aspects of…

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