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Antarctic Expedition 2009
March 6 - April 15, 2009
Northwestern Weddell Sea
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April 15, 2009
The science team poses for a picture on the bow of RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer at the end of the expedition.
Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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April 14, 2009
Commerson's dolphins frolic near the ship as it returns to port
in Punta Arenas.
Photo by Johnny Pierce
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April 13, 2009
An Antarctic Fulmar flies above the water in the Weddell Sea.
Photo by Kim Reisenbichler
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April 12, 2009
Stripes of an iceberg can be seen underwater from the camera on ROV IceCUBE.
Photo Credit: MBARI
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April 11, 2009
This colorful squid was brought up in one of the last MOCNESS
trawls. Photo by Stephanie Bush
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April 10, 2009
A chain of salps (Salpa thompsoni) floats near the underwater
surface of an iceberg in the Weddell Sea. The indentations on the
iceberg are called suncups and are seen outlined in shadows caused by
the ROV's lights. Photo by ROV IceCUBE/MBARI
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April 9, 2009
Clouds in the sky are bathed in color from a beautiful sunset
in the Weddell Sea. Photo by Adrian Cefarelli
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April 8, 2009
During a colorful sunset, a shadow of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer reflects against a tabular iceberg in the Weddell Sea. Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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April 7, 2009
Colorful skies and a distant iceberg are framed by the columns of another iceberg. Photo by Larry Lovell
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April 6, 2009
A humpback whale's tail seen from the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer in the central Weddell Sea. Photo by Mike Lewis
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April 5, 2009
Shaw's lab collected samples from this colorful bergy bit—a chunk of ice about the size of a small house—using a Zodiac boat to get next to it. Photo by Johnny Pierce
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April 4, 2009
Today the RVIB Palmer passed many smaller icebergs with
interesting shapes and colors.
Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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April 3, 2009
A Southern right whale was seen near the ship the early evening
hours.
Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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April 2, 2009
Craig Dawe pilots ROV IceCUBE toward iceberg C-18A during a biology dive.
Photo by Amanda Kahn
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April 1, 2009
A break in the clouds made a colorful sunset backdrop during a CTD cast today.
Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 31, 2009
The first UAV flight over iceberg C-18A. A GPS drop tag was successfully dropped on the top of the iceberg to track the speed, direction, and distance of its movements.
Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 30, 2009
Waves crash in the arch of a small iceberg in the central Weddell Sea. Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 29, 2009
This pteropod, a shell-less marine snail found in midwaters, was collected in a MOCNESS net near iceberg C-18A.
Photo by Stephanie Bush
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March 28, 2009
Pilots Kim Reisenbichler, Jake Ellena, and Craig Dawe ready the
UAV squadron for deployment on C-18A. High winds and fog prevented
flights when the team was first here.
Photo by Amanda Kahn
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March 27, 2009
The brownish stripe seen in this iceberg suggests that a
meltwater pool with algae likely formed on the surface of the iceberg,
percolated into cracks and fissures of the iceberg, and then froze.
Photo by Kim Reisenbichler
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March 26, 2009
The snow-covered bow of RVIB Palmer is illuminated by
searchlights on a foggy night.
Photo by Mike Watson
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March 25, 2009
Diatom Chaetoceros atlanticus from a seawater sample near iceberg B-15L.
Photo by Adrian Cefarelli
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March 24, 2009
A colorful iceberg with underlying glacial debris in the Weddell Sea. Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 23, 2009
Hai Lin and Ben Twining deploy a trace-metal-clean Niskin bottle to collect seawater.
Photo by Vivian Peng
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March 22, 2009
Waves break against iceberg C-18A as the ship passes by in search of a dive site for ROV IceCUBE. Photo by Rob Sherlock
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March 21, 2009
A cape petrel investigates a Lagrangian sediment trap after its return from under an iceberg. Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 20, 2009
A chinstrap penguin peers at the ship. Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 19, 2009
Seawater samples in the light van. Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 18, 2009
Antarctic krill collected from a MOCNESS trawl.
Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 17, 2009
Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) from a MOCNESS tow near iceberg C-18A.
Photo by Stephanie Bush
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March 16, 2009
A Zodiac returns with the Lagrangian sediment trap after it surfaces from under the iceberg.
Photo by Kim Reisenbichler
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March 15, 2009
A Lagrangian sediment trap (LST) is lowered into the water to test its electronics. Photo by Amanda Kahn
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March 14, 2009
Rising Moon over Iceberg C18a. Photo by Debbie Nail Meyer
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March 13, 2009
King George Island. Photo by Alana Sherman
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March 12, 2009
Chinstrap and gentoo penguins on an iceberg. The red streaks are penguin droppings that contain remains of Antarctic krill, their main food source.
Photo by Ron Kaufmann
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March 11, 2009
A solitary humpback whale rolls on its back in front of Iceberg C18a. Photo by Johnny Pierce
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March 10, 2009
When we awoke this morning, an iceberg dominated the view. One section of the iceberg calved during the night, and large chunks of ice were floating in the surrounding waters.
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March 9, 2009
Michael Fox and Diane Chakos brave the wind on the bridge catwalk to photograph Clarence Island.
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March 8, 2009
Today, an albatross flew alongside our ship for almost the whole day—a sign of good luck according to tradition. Historically sailors refused to hunt albatrosses if their ship had run out of food; killing these seabirds was believed to bring bad fortune to the ship.
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March 7, 2009
A pilot boat comes alongside RVIB Palmer to offload the pilot, a specially trained navigator who is required to be aboard large ships when they travel through coastal waters.
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March 6, 2009
Built in 1992, the Nathaniel B. Palmer has icebreaking capability which enables it to operate safely year-round in the frigid Antarctic waters while accommodating 37 scientists and a crew of 22.
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