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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: humpback whales on the Iselin Bank - 1 March
1 March 2018The University of Auckland Cetacean Ecology Team (aka the Whale Team) has been waiting patiently for the last few weeks for an opportunity to get close to some whales. -
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. -
NIWA expertise contributes to healthy hoki fishery
Media release28 February 2018When NIWA fisheries scientist Richard O’Driscoll went to sea earlier this year, he and his team measured so many fish that laid end to end, they would have stretched for 31km. -
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. -
Swamp kauri providing a window to the past for scientists
Media release26 February 2018Ancient swamp kauri is being used by NIWA scientists to reveal the secrets of past climates. -
Five more days from the official hottest summer on record
Media release23 February 2018Despite a sub-tropical storm and two ex-tropical cyclones, this summer is about to become the hottest in history. -
Blog: atmospheric gas measurements - 21 February
21 February 2018John McGregor from NIWA checks on the instruments that measure atmospheric gases throughout our voyage.