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I'm a graduate student at UMass Amherst working on my dissertation which is about past sea ice changes in the Bering Sea. Microscopic algae called diatoms settle as sediments on the sea floor. The particular species can tell us whether sea ice was present hundreds of thousands of years ago. I'm sailing as a sedimentologist on Leg 323.
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On Site!
Submitted by Beth Caissie on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 06:22
We arrived at the Umnak Plateau this afternoon and are anxiously awaiting the first core. As one of eight sedimentologists on this leg, I know that I am about to become unbelievably busy, and this free moment feels like the quiet before the storm. We will work as 2 teams to describe every single section of every single core
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