Guest Author • Feb 18, 2013 •
Written by Helen Bostock (marine geologist, NIWA) Date: 15/02/2013 Location: 64.807561°S, 139.86694°E Weather: Snowing and breezy – 20 knots Sea state: 2 m swell Today we passed over the South Pole. Well, not quite, but very, very close by. How is this possible when we are on board a ship and haven’t set foot on … Read More
Guest Author • Jan 31, 2013 •
Ever wondered what it is really like to be working on a ship off Antarctica? Dr Helen Bostock, marine geologist at NIWA, writes: On the 2nd February I will be part of a team of 22 Australian, French and New Zealand, scientists departing Wellington on board NIWA’s R.V. Tangaroa. The science team is made up of oceanographers and … Read More
- Wayne Linklater • Dec 20, 2012 •
– did Happy-feet’s visit increase support for conservation? You are sick, tired, and thousands of miles from home. Swimming, you pull up yourself up on a beach for a rest. Within hours you are surrounding by hairless primates who stare and take photographs. Within days you … Read More
Guest Author • Nov 30, 2011 •
by Matthew Thompson, editor – The Conversation The distinctive, planet-encircling flows of the Southern Ocean have played a role in moderating global warming, but change is at hand with the water heating up, getting less salty, storing more carbon, and growing more acidic. The Southern Ocean, as photographed during the Thomas G Thompson Southern Ocean Expedition. These … Read More