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Voyage leader's final update
Blog11 March 2015Now back on dry land, Voyage Leader Richard O'Driscoll reflects on the final days of RV Tangaroa's 2015 Antarctica expedition. -
Critter of the Week: The colonial sea squirt Leptoclinides marmoreus Brewin, 1956
This week’s critter is the colonial ascidian, or more commonly known as seasquirt, Leptoclinides marmoreus Brewin, 1956. -
BLOG: Sir Peter Blake Trust Ambassador Blake Hornblow - Enounters with Antarctica's animals
Blog26 February 2015It has been another amazing week here on the Tangaroa. On Saturday we saw Antarctica which was an absolutely breath-taking experience that I’ll remember for the rest of my life! -
Explaining the blue whale research onboard the Tangaroa
Blog22 February 2015Scientists from the Australian Antarctic Division explain the blue whale research they are leading onboard the New Zealand-Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage 2015. -
Travelling with the blues
Blog16 February 2015NIWA voyage leader Dr Richard O’Driscoll updates the Tangaroa’s encounter with the planet’s largest living beings – the Antarctic blue whales – and discovers what’s on their menu. -
Balleny Islands humpback research success
Media release09 February 2015The first objective of the New Zealand- Australia Antarctic Ecosystems Voyage was successfully achieved with the completion of the research at the Balleny Islands. -
Measuring and analysing the Southern Ocean seas and atmosphere
Data collected continuously from this voyage will fill a critical knowledge gap, helping scientists to produce better global climate and oceanographic models to ultimately improve weather forecasting. -
Studying Antarctic silverfish spawning in Terra Nova Bay
This research will investigate whether Antarctic silverfish eggs are spawned elsewhere or whether there is a mass migration of silverfish to their coastal spawning sites each winter. -
Trawl surveying demersal fish species on the Ross Sea slope
Commercial toothfish fishing in the Ross Sea has the potential to affect some demersal (bottom-dwelling) fish species in the region through by-catch and ecosystem changes. -
Characterising blue whale foraging habitats in the northern Ross Sea
This study will complement groundbreaking work undertaken in 2013 to determine the distribution of blue whales in the area and measure the characteristics of their habitats. -
Factors influencing abundance and distribution of humpback whales
This voyage will undertake a range of surveys around the islands to understand the factors influencing abundance and distribution of the whales - including what they eat.
