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Listen to Katie describe dredging and trawling.

As I walked into the dry lab this morning everybody was talking about all the icebergs they saw earlier that morning. I looked out of the porthole and there were 3 of them floating on the horizon. My afternoon was spent doing my normal duties, watch log and ping editing. Matt, my watch log partner

I was sent to the Ice Tower today at 1400, don't worry I was not in trouble. I was just doing my 1-hour marine mammal watch because the ship was running seismic data. I did not observe any marine mammals during my watch, and actually no marine mammals were observed during the entire watch time

I had to get up a little earlier this morning for Marine Mammal Training. Jenny trained about 15 of us to be marine mammal observers. When the boat is collecting seismic information a person is needed to stand watch for marine mammals, mostly whales, because they are sometimes attracted to the

Depth: **175 meters **Temperature: 30 degrees F I first want to mention that during our science personnel exchange, a journalist/scientist joined our crew. Her name is Gaelin Rosenwaks, and she is on board to help out and learn about what every group is doing on board Healy. She is keeping an

NOT! The trawl was actually extremely full! I could not believe my eyes this morning when I went into the dry lab and saw the numerous bins full of corals. Also, the wet lab still had many more buckets that still needed to be cleaned off and sorted. They hit the corals jackpot! Laura and Rhian were

Listen to Katie describe the previous day's activities.

Yes, I am without a doubt an incredibly lucky person. First, I get selected to go to Antarctica to participate in an awesome research project. Then I get to go to Alaska to do training for my trip to Antarctica. Then when I get home from Alaska I get a letter notifying me that I have been selected

I woke up around 6:30 in the morning to a gentle rocking motion of the ship. It was a very slow and soft motion that actually allowed me to return to sleep quite quickly. I was able to get ready for the day without too much trouble, but I was a little worried about how I would react as the waves

I actually got some much-needed sleep my first night aboard the Palmer. Marcy and I are again rooming together. Most of the science crew has cabins on deck 1, but we are the only science crewmembers on deck 2. It has a surprising amount of space and will work as my new home for 37 days. Last night