Out now, ‘Scouting for shags and skuas with Paul Whitelaw and Aurelia Reichardt’ – in which Nadia chats to PhD student Paul Whitelaw about his work tracking the globally significant seabird populations near Rothera Research Station. Iceworld is available on your preferred podcast app.
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Paul Whitelaw started dreaming of a job in Antarctica when a BAS marine biologist visited as a lecturer during his degree. Only a few years later, Nadia speaks to Paul while he is monitoring seabirds at Rothera Research Station in Antarctica as part of his PhD.
From dodging dive-bombing skuas to tracking hatching egg numbers, Paul’s work includes monitoring the health of the substantial seabird populations in Antarctica. With 10% of the world’s population of shags in the same bay as Rothera, Paul is able to use the changing fate of the birds there as an indicator for the health of the marine ecosystem as a whole. Paul is joined in the interview by Aurelia Reichardt, Station Leader, who has also been involved in the long term monitoring of skua populations at Rothera.
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