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We’re still transiting. It’s starting to get cold! No sea ice yet though. We got a little bit of calmer weather yesterday, just enough to give me the time to get outside behind the bridge and snap a few pictures (and a quick selfie) before the weather picked up again. As I was out behind the bridge

Today we started deploying the first in a series of Argo floats. Although not directly related to the research we are doing on the cruise, many Antarctic research trips will assist other researchers by deploying or retrieving equipment since it can be difficult to get to this area. Argo is an

Update We’re still transiting south. We have about four-ish days to go until we reach Antarctica. Since the weather is still rough (occasionally drawers go flying open and chairs fall over), most of the lab work is on hold. We’ll be busy, busy, busy once we get there though! The decks are closed

Update It’s hard to tell from the picture but we’re going through a washing machine, figuratively. Thankfully there’s more rolling (side to side) than pitching (up and down) and that seems to agree with me. ## Sea Level Rise 101 Some of the students of Brooklyn Prospect Charter School’s

Let's take a closer look at the equipment Part 1: CTD Yesterday, we worked in test deployment of the CTD, before hitting rough weather, to ensure we're all ready when we get to Antarctica. The CTD is an oceanography instrument used to determine conductivity, temperature and depth of ocean water

Contest! When do you think we’ll see our First Sea Ice? Comment on this journal entry with the date and time, to the hour, that you think we’ll see our first sea ice. Don’t forget that I’m on Hobart, Australia time! Your comment will enter you into the contest. You can enter as a class, family or

And we’re off! After fueling yesterday (we filled up to about 400,000 gallons of gas!) we set sail about 9pm, into an oncoming rainstorm. It was a beautiful sight and a lot of us gathered out on deck to take pictures. We could see the wall of water coming straight at us, lightning and a rainbow over

Update The repairs are done and now we're doing the last minute prep before we set sail. We moved to the fuel dock today, but we'll be here for a while. It can take up to 14 hours to fuel a ship this size! We'll be departing soon! ## Meet the Scientists Scientists come from all walks of life and