Breaking the Ice
The landscape around the base is changing, with the first icebreaker coming to McMurdo and opening the channel for the following ships,...
Cooking for Amphipods
A lot of lab work and preparation for our samples! The measurements of the oxygen consumption are going well and we managed to prepare...
Visiting the Kiwis
The day started with some groups going to the ice, and my group stayed in the lab to trial some approaches to our project. Tess and I...
Discovery Hut and Balloons
Last night I went to release the weather balloon again, but this time I released it and Tess took a photo for me! It’s something...
A good day to be indoors!
Today is a much colder day! Only -8, but -16 (C) with wind chill I ended up not going to the ice because we have enough amphipods and...
Starting the Project
Today will be very similar to yesterday, lots of ideas and discussion. I hope we will get some of the lab work started. There is so much...
Projects, Pressure ridges and the Pub
Today was a great day! We got to discuss what is available for our research projects and start preparing some materials for the upcoming...
Blue Skies
The weather has cleared up! We started the day with lectures as usual and in the afternoon my group headed to the sea ice, but to the...
Fishing
Today was another busy day. There was some fluffy snow in the morning! The day started with a lecture at 8 am followed by another...
Drilling
Today was our first day on the ice learning sampling techniques. I had a lot of fun drilling ice cores! We used a range of tools to make...
