The stages of Te Matakite’s installation
Our first observatory on Expedition 375 is one of the most complex ever installed because instrument packages have to fit in the…
Episode 2: Birth of the WAIS
Episode 2: the birth of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet reviews Expedition 374’s journey to Sites 2 and 3 on…
360 Video: Core on Deck
This is our first in a series of 360 videos. This video shows a core coming on deck on the…
Not all ice sheets are the same!
The Antarctic ice sheet is the main polar ice cap of the Earth and covers about 98% of the continent….
The night has disappeared!!
I am on the midnight to noon shift so every day, I start my work at midnight. And, yeah, it’s…
What will happen to sea level when this huge iceberg melts?
……………nothing!! You can try to use a very simple analogic model to understand. Let’s take few ice cubes (they…
Episode 1: Reaching the mid-Miocene
Episode 1: Reaching the mid-Miocene Drilling at the first site is complete. Scientists looked at cores that revealed the presence of…
Ship tour with David Harwood
Diatom specialist and experienced Antarctic scientist David Harwood gives a 5min tour of the JOIDES Resolution, from the bridge to…
Fulbright student Imogen Browne
Imogen Browne is a Fulbright student from New Zealand doing her Ph.D. in marine science at the University of South…
Life onboard our polar expedition
Much has happened in our 8 day transit from New Zealand to Antarctica. We learned about each other’s science and…