Hello Florida
Richard Johnson, one of the engineers aboard the RVIB Palmer, stopped me in a passageway to let me know that his wife as well as 5th graders at Pensacola Beach Elementary school were…
Science Update
Last night we traveled from the Bransfield Strait in the Antarctic Sound to reach sampling stations in the Weddell Sea. The Antarctic Sound is also known as "Iceberg Alley" because…
Science Update
Clarification: I misidentified Trinity Island as part of the South Shetland Island Chain. It turns out that Trinity Island is part of the Palmer Archipelago. Yesterday, we moved…
Science Update
Last night we tried to reach our next sampling station before the sea conditions worsened. Unfortunately, when we got on station, the sea conditions had worsened to the point that we…
Science Update
The science team is working on our Day 3 Incubation sampling and collecting more water samples at a station in the Drake Passage. There is weather on the way, so we will be leaving…
How Do You Get Diatoms Out of Seawater?
At this point, you are probably wondering what happens to all of this water that is collected from the Southern Ocean. A few hundred bottles have already…
First Official Samples
It has been a busy few days on the RVIB Palmer. The science team collected the first set of samples for the incubation experiment. If you remember reading about the…
Thanks for Waiting
We officially moved onto the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer one week ago and we have already sampled ocean water for our first incubation. You have been patient with me as I explained…
First Signs of Ice
The plan for today is to sample for our first incubation, which means the science team will be extremely busy all day. I may not have time to write a detailed journal today, so I…
Weather Window
After dealing with some very rough sea conditions for the last few days, we found a weather window late yesterday that provided us the opportunity to sample seawater. As you learned…
Nutrient Sampling
Early sea conditions prevented the science team from collected large seawater samples using the Nisken bottles. Once we were far enough offshore, however, the science team was…
