Drake Passage Blog
Follow ORCHESTRA project scientist Yvonne Firing’s amazing fieldwork blog from the Southern Ocean here. On the 2016/2017 Drake Passage cruise on the RRS James Clark Ross, we sail south from […]
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SHIP BLOG: Sea ice, science, and wildlife
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Sea ice, science, and wildlifeInvestigating the Southern Ocean Oceanographers Dan Jones and Erik MacKie are onboard the RRS James Clark Ross carrying out a hydrographic survey in the Southern Ocean as part of a […]
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SHIP BLOG: Heading for home
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Heading for homeThe ship’s science labs have all been packed up and cleaned, kit boxes stowed in the container, cargo paperwork finished and cruise reports written. The SO-AntEco team is ready to […]
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SHIP BLOG: Rhythm of the night
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Rhythm of the nightOh look it’s snowing/raining and getting dark… it must be time for the Night Shift. I’m Hilary, the night shift leader on the SO-AntEco scientific cruise to the South Orkney […]
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SHIP BLOG: Science Week questions answered from the Southern Ocean
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Science Week questions answered from the Southern OceanLast week was UK Science Week, and we asked schools and anyone else who had burning questions about the Antarctic deep sea to send them to us here on the […]
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SHIP BLOG: Lost in a Sea of Biology
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: Lost in a Sea of BiologyLost in a Sea of Biology! Dr Laura Robinson is interested in documenting and understanding the processes that govern climate on time scales ranging from the modern day back through hundreds of […]
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SHIP BLOG: New Buoy at Sea!
Read more of: SHIP BLOG: New Buoy at Sea!New ‘buoy’ at sea Oliver Ashford – a PhD student from Oxford University – is the youngest member of the SO-AntEco research cruise onboard the RRS James Clark Ross. He’s working with […]
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ANTARCTIC BLOG: preparation is everything
Read more of: ANTARCTIC BLOG: preparation is everythingAs the days count down towards departure the dreams about forgetting my passport at the airport become more frequent. My office in Cambridge is a long way from the Antarctic […]
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JCR Arctic Final Update
Read more of: JCR Arctic Final UpdateThis is the final update from the James Clark Ross from the JR288 Arctic cruise. The science is now almost complete and the ship is on passage to Dundee, from […]
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JCR Arctic Update 29th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 29th July 2013Monday proved to be an interesting day for us all on the JCR. Just after mid-day a BAS Twin Otter aircraft did a fly past, having taken off from Longyearbyen […]
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JCR Arctic Update 28th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 28th July 2013Another busy day of sampling on board the James Clark Ross. Noon Position Report for Sunday 28th July 2013 Latitude: 78° 53.1 N Longitude: 007° 07.5 W Bearing: 278 °T, […]
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JCR Arctic Update 27th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 27th July 2013The highlight of the day for Friday was the sighting of a mother polar bear with two cubs on an ice-floe. Alas weather conditions were poor for good photography but […]