JCR Arctic Update 26th July 2013
Most of Friday was spent amongst pack ice, which at times made deployment of equipment interesting. The weather continues to be good, with light winds and clear skies. As the […]
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JCR Arctic Update 25th July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 25th July 2013The JCR spent much of the day in sight of Greenland, with a heat haze seen across the pack ice. Not a great deal of wildlife in the past twenty […]
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JCR Arctic Update 23rd July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 23rd July 2013The science work being carried out on board the RRS James Clark Ross is very varied, with underway air sampling, CTD (Conductivity, Temperature and Depth), which includes collecting samples from […]
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JCR Arctic Update 22nd July 2013
Read more of: JCR Arctic Update 22nd July 2013Another day of thick fog in the morning and then clearing during the afternoon. The ship was only a few miles off the coast of Greenland and it was lovely […]
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James Clark Ross Arctic Cruise 2013 – JR288
Read more of: James Clark Ross Arctic Cruise 2013 – JR288The James Clark Ross is currently engaged on a month long science cruise, designated JR288, to the Arctic. Initially the ship is working to the east of Greenland, slowly heading […]
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JR Update 14th January 2013
Read more of: JR Update 14th January 2013Today did not start well and I was not sure that I would have much to write about this evening. I did consider taking pictures of banoffee pie as the […]
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JCR274
Read more of: JCR274The RRS James Clark Ross is currently on science cruise JR274, Ocean Acidification, and will be spending the next few weeks sampling rather a lot of water. The above image […]
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Mooring – 3rd April 2012
Read more of: Mooring – 3rd April 2012The JCR left the Falkland Islands at the end of March for the final Antarctic science cruise of the season, this time with oceanographers and geologists.
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Week 5: wrapping up and travelling home – March 21st, 2012
Read more of: Week 5: wrapping up and travelling home – March 21st, 2012Jen Jackson, BAS This week we bios have all been busy wrapping up our science work for this cruise: Adam (link: meet a scientist) is finally completing his bivalve experiments […]
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Ocean Chemistry on the JCR – March 21st 2012
Read more of: Ocean Chemistry on the JCR – March 21st 2012Douglas Hamilton, University of East Anglia Water chemistry is employed during cruises to look for various things of interest to Oceanographers like temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen and chlorophyll. Temperature and […]
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James Clark Ross diary – March 15th 2012
Read more of: James Clark Ross diary – March 15th 2012Melanie Mackenzie – Museum Victoria Now that we’ve finished collecting specimens, the EVOLHIST biology team on board the James Clark Ross is busily working away in the ship’s labs. Dr […]
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Week 4: Monday 27th February to Sunday 4th March: Completing our biological sampling in the eastern Weddell sea
Read more of: Week 4: Monday 27th February to Sunday 4th March: Completing our biological sampling in the eastern Weddell seaRachel Downey (British Antarctic Survey) We have been working in some amazingly calm waters for the last two weeks, and are now breaking through the sea ice again as we […]