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Blog: the screaming sixties - 6 March
6 March 2018Today the screaming sixties are living up to their name. We are at 67°S, just east of Scott Island, and deck work has been suspended temporarily while we weather a storm. -
Blog: atmospheric research - 5 March
5 March 2018Sean Hartery, a PhD student from Canterbury University based at NIWA, is collecting samples and data for two main areas of atmospheric research while he is out here in the Ross Sea: ice nuclei and aerosols. -
Blog: Team photo, quadcopter and helikite - 2 - 4 March
4 March 2018On Friday the sun shone for the first time in a while, and we sailed close to our second proper iceberg of the voyage. -
Blog: Krill swarms on the Iselin Bank - 28 February
28 February 2018We are slowly zigzagging our way north up Iselin Bank as the mesopelagic team have been running their giant fish finder, the EK60. -
Blog: Ross Sea phytoplankton - 26 February 2018
26 February 2018In the last few days our microbial team has been doing intensive sampling of the water column using the CTD, which is deployed every day around noon. -
Blog: no sea ice - 25 February
25 February 2018We have been told by people who have previously visited the Ross Sea that you could count on seeing three things: icebergs, penguins on icebergs and seals hauled out icebergs. -
Blog: Ross Sea Marine Protected Area - 22 - 24 February
24 February 2018Scientists and crew have been busy assembling an active acoustic mooring for deployment, working on the Iselin Bank and have been visited by an Adelie penguin. -
Blog: atmospheric gas measurements - 21 February
21 February 2018John McGregor from NIWA checks on the instruments that measure atmospheric gases throughout our voyage. -
Blog: hospital tour - 20 February
20 February 2018On trips that take us away to isolated places we need to take a Medical Doctor, just in case anyone requires emergency medical or surgical treatment. -
Blog: mooring deployments in the Ross Sea - 19 February
19 February 2018It is -4 degrees outside and our third day of intensive oceanographic work continues. -
Blog: approaching the Ross Sea - 16 February
16 February 2018We are getting to the end of our transit south, which means today was the last of our daily emergency drills.