Feb 25: Transit in sea ice
Li Ling – Feb 25: When we entered the Amundsen Sea in the beginning of January, we transited in sea ice for a few days.[…]
Feb 24: The last day of science
Li Ling – Feb 24: Today is the final day of science operations for this cruise (other than the TMC towfish to be deployed later[…]
Feb 23: A very snowy day
Li Ling – Feb 23: continued throughout the day. Oh, have I mentioned that the nights at far south has become tangibly dark? Despite the[…]
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[…]