Speed 1.8 knotsCourse 290°Location Larsen A (-64.897605, -60.77175167)Depth 495 meters
Besides just looking at organisms and mud, scientists are also interested in the water itself. In order to…
Speed 4.9 knotsCourse 141°Location Larsen A (-64.7891,-60.2659383)Depth 974 meters
We finished up the rest of our work this morning near the Dryglaski glacier and we’re on the move again. A couple…
Speed 0.0 knotsCourse 254°Location Drygalski Inlet (-64.73474833, -60.58166167)Depth 690 meters
We spent another couple days near the Drygalski Glacier and the weather has gotten quite cold. It's…
Speed 0.5 knotsCourse 306°Location Drygalski Inlet (-64.73338333, -60.59362833)Depth 684 meters
Right now we're exploring the open seas of the Larsen A. The Larsen B is still shut off from us by a…
Speed 0.3 ktsCourse 114°Location Drygalski Trough (-64.74004333, -60.58896667)Depth 687 m
Lots of people have been asking about life on the Nathaniel B. Palmer so I'm going to try to give you a…
Speed 5.8 knots (kts)Course 250°Location En route to the Larsen A (-64.94670167, -58.52958667)Depth 434 m
We're moving back into the Larsen A, which means we are headed west towards the Antarctic…
Speed 0.2 knots (kts) (drifting a bit, but because we're on station, we stay in relatively the same spot)Location Outer Larsen A (-64.99353, -57.75479833)Depth 431 m
For the last two days we've been…
Speed 2.5 knots (kts) (slow going in the ice)Course 346°Location Weddell Sea (-65.02950333, -57.37742167)Depth 343 m
Our field teams managed to get to Robertson Island yesterday. It was a beautiful…
Speed 4.2 knots (kts)Course 175°Location Larsen A (-65.077835, -59.449185)Depth 296 m
It seems like I should stop saying what I think we're going to do next, because by the time I wake up something…
Speed 8.9 knots (kts)Course 243°Location Prince Gustav Channel -63.749526, -57.865368)Depth 787 m
The bad news is we were supposed to pick up the whale bone lander, but when we arrived at the site…
Speed 10.4 knots (kts)Course 152.7°Location Drake Passage (-60.91732, -57.658168)Depth 4348 m
As we left the Straits of Magellan, the seas were choppy and my stomach was definitely unhappy. I didn…
Speed 14.5 knots (kts)Course 67 degreesLocation Straits of Magellan (-52.494935, -70.01876)Depth 34 m
We are finally on the move! However, the weather is a bit rough and most of the people on board…
