This morning started with the sighting of penguins
by the Palmer. The Gould then put our penguin biologists on
the ice to put satellite tags on 4 Adelie penguins. In addition
to the penguin team the ice team went out and collected ice
samples. As the penguin team finished, a number of crabeater
seals were sighted. The seal team than moved into action and
captured a male crabeater seal. As the seal team would be
at least 2-3 hours, the krill dive team than got into action
and carried out a dive to collect krill. Meanwhile the N.B.
Palmer carried out a series of measurements in the vicinity
of the L.M. Gould. This image shows the L.M. Gould in the
foreground, with researchers being lifted off the ice back
onto the bow of the Gould. Meanwhile, you can just make out
at the rear of the Gould the dive team returning and off in
the distance the N.B. Palmer completing her measurements.
Photo by Dan Costa
Aug. 11. We completed our transit to
the southern most part of the survey grid. It was slow going
as we got into some very heavy ice and had to turn around
to find some ice where the Gould could maneuver on her own
once the N.B. Palmer left to continue the survey grid. Once
on station the Ice team immediately began sampling the ice
to insure that this is an appropriate site to spend the next
7 days and the krill dive team set about creating dive holes
in the ice and preparing for their under ice transects.
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