A Tour of the Engine Room
For forty-two days aboard the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, we watched the engineers and oilers seem to magically emerge at mealtimes, only...
Synthesizing the Science
Science team and ASC staff Now that we are done, I want to take a few minutes to look over where we went, the fabulous samples we...
NSIC (Natural Silicon Isotopic Composition)—The Forensics of Diatoms
Hi everyone! I'm Ivia, and I’m your guest blogger today. I'm French, and I'm here to sample seawater, sediments, and what we called pore...
The Mighty RV/IB Nathaniel B. Palmer
The RV/IB Nathaniel Photo at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Photo taken at 1 AM during the eternal light of the Antarctic summer. © Marlo...
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Someone who’s become one of my closest buddies aboard, a man who’s sailed many cruises in many places over many years, confided last...
Digging up Solutions to Mysteries of Earth’s Past and Future
Frankie (wearing the purple shirt) Nothing lasts forever in the ocean. Organisms die and sink to the seafloor. Dust particles enter at...
Trace Metals in the Ocean—The Link Between Rust and Life
Phytoplankton, tiny plants of the sea, are the life-sustaining force of our beautiful blue planet. They produce most of the oxygen we...
Coring Calamities, Part 2
There is a small antechamber on the aft of the Main Deck, a landing really for the stairs leading down to bowels of the ship, those...
Question Grab-bag
Hi! We’ve been receiving a lot of great questions via the website and social media pages, so today I thought I’d pull a few from the...
Getting Down With the CTD
Today is a great day for science on the Southern Ocean: the weather is overcast but (so far) dry, and the seas are relatively calm with...
