SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 4: Sea ice and science
Following the glider deployments our next destination was Rothera, the UK’s biggest Antarctic research station on Adelaide Island. Good progress was made until we hit the sea ice – 120 […]
Ryan Scott
PhD Student
My PhD involves investigating whether we can use underwater gliders to quantify horizontal mixing in the west Antarctic.
Research interests
Turbulent mixing, heat fluxes, microstructure measurements, underwater gliders
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SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 3: Gliders galore!
Read more of: SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 3: Gliders galore!It was finally time to deploy the gliders and I couldn’t be more excited! Autonomous vehicles are regarded as the future of oceanography, and I feel extremely lucky to be […]
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SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 2: Busy biologists!
Read more of: SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 2: Busy biologists!First thing I learn as I begin my trip aboard the RRS James Clark Ross is that, scientist on research cruises need to be able to adapt quickly! Within two […]
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SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 1: Journey to the JCR!
Read more of: SCIENCE IN THE SEA – Part 1: Journey to the JCR!After 6 days, 9505 miles and 7 mm of beard growth, the cruise has officially started! Thursday 16th November and finally the time had come for me start my journey […]
