Jan 13: Transiting in sea ice
Li Ling – Jan 13: Both Friday and Saturday are transit days. We’ve now entered into quite a bit of sea ice, and the sea[…]
Jan 12: A full day of CTD tests
Li Ling – Jan 12: Wednesday the 12th was a full scheduled day for especially the people working with CTDs. CTD stands for Conductivity, Temperature[…]
Jan 11: Some science testing tomorrow, and we saw WHALES!!!
Li Ling – Jan 11: We’re getting closer to the Antarctic continent now, so the sea is much calmer today and we are beginning to[…]
Jan 08: Sailing in open ocean!
Li Ling – Jan 08: Hi! Every since we left Punta Arenas the 6th January, the days have pretty much blended into one another for[…]
Jan 05: Some wildlife photography on the ship and we’re leaving tomorrow!
Li Ling – Jan 05: We’re finally getting closer to departure to the Thwaites Glacier! I can’t believe that it’s already been a month since[…]
Jan 04: Jacob’s ladder training and how ITs work
Li Ling – Jan 04: Today we did the last ship training we needed to do: the Jacob’s ladder training! It is this ladder that[…]
Jan 03: A quick intro to the history of Antarctica
Li Ling – Jan 03: During today’s talk, Julia showed us a geologist’s view of the Antarctic glacial history from ~36 million years ago to[…]
Jan 02: NBP is status green!
Li Ling – Jan 02: The PCR tests that we took last year on New Year’s Eve turned out all negative. And since we’ve been[…]
Jan 01: New Year’s pesent – RAN is HERE!!!
Li Ling – Jan 01: The firework last night was a bit of a bummer, but! 2022 appeared to start with an amazing page!!! New[…]
Dec 28: A quick intro to ITGC and TARSAN
Li Ling – Dec 28: From today and on, our daily 9am morning meetings will consist of brief daily announcements and then a science presentation[…]