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25 September 2016 Bottles, BBQ, and a Birthday

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Science Update - Incubation 1 & 2 Underway Yesterday, we collected seawater samples for Incubation 2. The weather continued to worsen during the day, so it was an all-hands operation to make sure that we could get the third cast done before the weather shut down the operation. This meant sending

Science Update Today was a long day! Yesterday's powerful winds made it difficult to sample, so we delayed the start of Incubation 2 until today. Incubation sampling requires three full casts of the trace metal rosette, followed by time to fill bottles and transfer everything to the incubation van

23 September 2016 Crabeater Seals

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Science Update Today is day 10 of the current incubation experiment. We were planning to set up incubation experiment #2 today, however, the winds are making it a little difficult. Today may end up being a day to catch up on data entry and prepare bottles and filters for a long day of incubation

22 September 2016 Connectivity

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PolarConnect Event - Register Today! Date: 3 October 2016 Event with Cara Pekarcik and Dr. Bethany Jenkins Time: 9:30AM Alaska Daylight Time (10:30AM PDT, 11:30AM MDT, 12:30PM CDT, 1:30PM EDT) Topic: Southern Ocean Diatom research aboard the R/V N.B. Palmer. Register for the event [here](https:/

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 reading my journal. I just wanted to say 'Hello Florida' and thanks for reading! ##Sea Ice Two weeks

20 September 2016 Iron Continued

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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 the mountains surrounding the sound area are covered with ice sheets and glaciers. Icebergs regularly

19 September 2016 The Iron Hypothesis

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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 towards sampling stations in the Bransfield Straight, just south of the actual South Shetland Islands. We

PolarTREC Informational Webinar for 2017-2018

This informational webinar given on 19 September 2016, gives an overview of the PolarTREC program, its goals and objectives, program components, the application process, and will address frequently asked questions. Any specific questions submitted by teachers and researchers were addressed at the end of the presentation.

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18 September 2016 Palmer LTER

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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 were unable to sample with the rosettes. The science team collected water samples using the flow

17 September 2016 Scenery

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Science Update Today we are sampling seawater along the Palmer LTER grid lines (more on this tomorrow). The first cast of the day sent the trace metal rosette down to 3500m/10500ft! This cast took most of the morning to complete. The conventional cast went to a depth of 350m/1050ft and will be

25 September 2016 Bottles, BBQ, and a Birthday

Science Update - Incubation 1 & 2 Underway Yesterday, we collected seawater samples for Incubation 2. The weather continued to worsen during the day, so it was an all-hands operation to make sure that we could get the third cast done before the weather shut down the operation. This meant sending

24 September 2016 CTD

Science Update Today was a long day! Yesterday's powerful winds made it difficult to sample, so we delayed the start of Incubation 2 until today. Incubation sampling requires three full casts of the trace metal rosette, followed by time to fill bottles and transfer everything to the incubation van

23 September 2016 Crabeater Seals

Science Update Today is day 10 of the current incubation experiment. We were planning to set up incubation experiment #2 today, however, the winds are making it a little difficult. Today may end up being a day to catch up on data entry and prepare bottles and filters for a long day of incubation

22 September 2016 Connectivity

PolarConnect Event - Register Today! Date: 3 October 2016 Event with Cara Pekarcik and Dr. Bethany Jenkins Time: 9:30AM Alaska Daylight Time (10:30AM PDT, 11:30AM MDT, 12:30PM CDT, 1:30PM EDT) Topic: Southern Ocean Diatom research aboard the R/V N.B. Palmer. Register for the event [here](https:/

21 September 2016 Ice 101

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 reading my journal. I just wanted to say 'Hello Florida' and thanks for reading! ##Sea Ice Two weeks

20 September 2016 Iron Continued

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 the mountains surrounding the sound area are covered with ice sheets and glaciers. Icebergs regularly

19 September 2016 The Iron Hypothesis

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 towards sampling stations in the Bransfield Straight, just south of the actual South Shetland Islands. We

PolarTREC Informational Webinar for 2017-2018

18 September 2016 Palmer LTER

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 were unable to sample with the rosettes. The science team collected water samples using the flow

17 September 2016 Scenery

Science Update Today we are sampling seawater along the Palmer LTER grid lines (more on this tomorrow). The first cast of the day sent the trace metal rosette down to 3500m/10500ft! This cast took most of the morning to complete. The conventional cast went to a depth of 350m/1050ft and will be