Final post: 6th of March, 2015: Journey’s End and pictures!
Well, all good things must come to an end, even our Antarctic adventure (and this blog)! After our wonderful trip to Rothera, it was straight sailing all the way back […]
1st March, 2015 – Final core site – ANTARCTICA! – Transit home
Well, the last few days have been pretty spectacular to be honest. We were told just before our mega-coring session that unfortunately we would have to cut our science program […]
24th of February – To core, or not to core – Exciting news – SCIENTISTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Tom Williams, Kelly Hogan and Rob Larter
If this cruise experience has taught me anything, it’s to expect things not to go to plan. A failure of the computer that communicates between the ship and the winch […]
20th of February – Update – Whales! – SCIENTISTS IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Tom Jordan, Ricarda Pietsch and Ali Graham
A break in the weather over the last few days means we finally have had a chance to get back on our science schedule – woohoo! Today we finished a […]
17th of February – Bad Weather – Pub Quiz – SCIENCE IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Elanor Gowland and Alex Piotrowski
It’s been a rough couple of days down here, the weather has been pretty awful with 30 knot winds and 30 feet waves. Unfortunately it has scuppered any attempts to […]
14th of February, 2015 – Half Way! – Overnight coring – SCIENTIST IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Lara And Jenny
We are officially half way through our cruise, and a little behind on our science targets, mainly due to poor weather conditions. But it’s been a busy few days for […]
5th-12th of February, 2015 – New site: Belgica Fan – Icebergs! –– SCIENTIST IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Javier and Carys
Sorry again for the lack of posts over the last week or so, we have been out of sight of our communication satellite, so have been without internet or email. […]
4th of February, 2015 – Drift 4: Seismic survey complete – Seawater and seafloor sediment sampling – Storm!
SORRY FOR THE LACK OF POSTS – WE HAVE BEEN WITHOUT INTERNET ACCESS FOR A WEEK! The following posts will fill in the gap since my last post. We have […]
1st-2nd of February, 2015 – Transit across the Drake Passage – First Science Site Reached
It’s been a pretty hard couple of days for those of us on the JCR who have not sailed to the Southern Ocean before. We were heading perpendicular to the […]
31st of January, 2015 – Departure!
Finally, after 48 hours of delay (due to continued refuelling issues), this morning we set sail to the Antarctic Peninsula. Everyone on board was starting to feel a little impatient […]
Thar' be whales ahead! 