Feb 22: Penguin colony and the last RAN deployment of the cruise
Li Ling – Feb 22: 2022-02-22 on a Tuesday! Happy “Two’s” Day Today we finished our operations at Getz A. We did a few CTDs[…]
Feb 21: Wraping up at glider land
Li Ling – Feb 21: When I got up today the world has changed… We were previously planning on doing the CTD/LADCP section at Getz[…]
Feb 19-20: Surveying at Getz B Ice Shelf
Li Ling – Feb 19-20: The past two days we’re back to Getz B Ice Shelf for some detailed surveying. What counts as detailed surveying?[…]
Feb 18: Launching RAN in rough weather
Li Ling – Feb 18: After last two days of super successful seal tagging at Bear Peninsula, we are heading back today to Getz B[…]
Feb 16-17: Seal tagging at “Seal City”
Li Ling – Feb 16-17: We had a two-day window with really calm weather, perfect for seal tagging! Since we previously only managed to tag[…]
Feb 14: Getz B ice shelf!
Li Ling – Feb 14: We’re finally moving from the Dotson Ice Shelf! Yesterday we took a 13h transit west, towards the Getz B Ice[…]
Feb 12: Seal tagging at Bear Peninsula
Li Ling – Feb 12: Yesterday and today we’ve been doing some seal tagging around Bear Peninsula. This time, some of the Weddell Seals seem[…]
Feb 11: RAN Deployment at 1am
Li Ling – Feb 11: As our time at Dotson quickly comes to an end, we’ve been spacing RAN missions with quite short intervals and[…]
Feb 10: Orca!!!
Li Ling – Feb 10: I wish there is a wildlife alarm on the ship! Today while I was sleeping, a few orcas showed up!!![…]
Feb 10: Boaty – lost and found
Li Ling – Feb 10: Boaty McBoatface (the name of the Autosub Long-Range, the British AUV onboard) has caused some real ups and downs on[…]