Pteropod dissection
Waking up was hard, but I am glad made it to the lecture which was very interesting. More lab work for me, I finished “dissecting” all...
Midnight sun
Today was even longer than yesterday, Tess and I left the lab after 12:20. But at least we got a chance to take a photo of the sun at...
Lab day
Today was a very long day in the lab, resting metabolic rate measurements, dissecting and preparing to count bacterial cells and getting...
Arrival Heights and Prohibition
After a morning of lab work, incubating gut contents of amphipods and then filtering it for our control, our group visited the Arrival...
Polynya and Hiking in the Wind
Because of the conditions of the ice our previous sampling area on the ice is closed. The canal the icebreaker made is open and there is...
Snow!
We woke up to white McMurdo, a beautiful white layer was covering the station and the observatory hill. Because of the low visibility,...
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...