Guest Author • Feb 14, 2013 •
Written by Eva Cougnon (PhD student at ACE CRC) Date: 13/02/2013 Location: 61.360933˚S, 139.828564˚E Weather: Cloudy, light breeze – 20 knots (37 km/hour) Sea State: Calming down – 2-3 m swell only Eva Cougnon sampling the CTD for oxygen analyses. [Helen Bostock]This is my first trip down to Antarctica; in fact, it is my … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 14, 2013 •
By Elizabeth Shadwick (ACE CRC) and Helen Bostock (Marine Geologist, NIWA) Date: 12/02/2013 Location: 60.792084°S, 139.818669°E Weather: Windy 30-40 knots (55-75 km/hour) Sea State: 6 – 7 m swells Kate Berry running alkalinity samples. [Helen Bostock]We managed a couple of CTDs overnight and then a short steam to the next station. The weather has … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 13, 2013 •
Written by Dr Anne Waterhouse (ship’s doctor) and Helen Bostock (marine geologist, NIWA) Date: 11/2/2013 Location: 59.852688°S, 139.613379°E Weather: Snow, rain, 40-50 knot (70-90 km/hour) winds Sea state: Rough – 8-10 m swell Kate Berry and Anne Waterhouse in their Antarctic gear. [Helen Bostock]Last night the storm continued with the wind and … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 12, 2013 •
Written by Aitana Forcen (PhD Student NIWA and Victoria University, Wellington) and Helen Bostock (marine geologist at NIWA) Date: 10/2/2013 Position: 59.852981°S, 139.867876°E Weather: Windy – gusting to 50 knots (approx. 90 km/hour) Sea State: Rough – 4-7 m swells The writing on the whiteboard in the ship’s library says “Neptune is coming….” Daniel … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 11, 2013 •
The experience of a student, Courtney Derriman (Macquarie University, Australia) Date: 8/2/2013 Position: 56.880228°S, 155.005036°E Weather: Cloudy Sea state: Calm Courtney Derriman. [Helen Bostock]I have to say that life on the ship is not what I expected at all. Maybe one too many pirate movies, but I was expecting grumpy sailors, the … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 08, 2013 •
Dr Helen Bostock, marine geologist at NIWA, writes: Date: 7/2/2013 Position: 56.089685°S, 159.882531°E Weather: Cloudy, 30 knot winds Sea State: 2-3 m swell Introducing the geology/biology team! The team is made up of me (Helen Bostock), Mark Fenwick (token biologist/NIWA) and two students – Molly Patterson and Courtney Derriman. We have also seconded … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 07, 2013 •
Dr Helen Bostock, marine geologist at NIWA, writes: Date: 6/2/2013 Position: 52.244066˚S, 164.093142˚E Weather: Cloudy and getting cooler Sea state: 1-2 m swell – not too rough Yesterday, while many of us were in our beds trying to get over sea sickness, Mark Fenwick (the token biologist) and several of the crew deployed the … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 07, 2013 •
Yesterday, just before the rough seas started and most of the science team took to their beds suffering with sea sickness, the geology team started running the multibeam seafloor mapping system. We are collecting some opportunistic seafloor data on the voyage transits to and from Antarctica. We also hope to map the continental shelf around the Mertz Glacier to add … Read More
Guest Author • Feb 05, 2013 •
Dr Helen Bostock, marine geologist at NIWA, writes Date: 4/2/2013 Position: 45.66345˚S, 171.2626˚E Weather: Cloudy and raining Sea state: Calm While we are transiting to our first station over the next few days, I will introduce the members of the science teams and the main instruments they will be using during the voyage. Read More
Guest Author • Feb 04, 2013 •
Written by Dr Helen Bostock, marine geologist at NIWA, and Anne Waterhouse (ship’s doctor) Date: 3/2/2013 Position: 41.52247˚S, 174.772597˚E Weather: Sunny, northerly breeze Sea state: Some waves, gentle swell Dolphins. Credit: Helen Bostock After a week of packing, training and mobilising, we set off from the wharf at 9am Sunday, sailing out … Read More