Archive for February 2019

February 6-8 2019 (Note: this is #28 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould) We’re making our long journey home and were able to stop off in Palmer Station for a couple of days. This is a chance to pick up samples, drop off bits of…

February 3, 2019 (Note: this is #27 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould) It’s the first time I’ve seen true night since crossing the Drake Passage. These days the sun is down from about midnight until around 4 am. So far, it’s been too overcast…

February 2, 2019 (Note: this is #26 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould)   Last night and today we did our last night/day pair of depth-stratified net tows (see my earlier post about the MOCNESS). The image above shows a 5-gallon bucket filled with the contents of…

January 29, 2019 (Note: this is #25 in a series of posts describing my NSF-sponsored fieldwork in Antarctica aboard the Laurence M. Gould) I’ve been a bad blogger. I mentioned a while ago that we dropped the birders off on Avian Island for a few days of intensive bird studies. I forgot to write that we did…