Li Ling – Jan 28: RAN recovery at ~23:00 tonight! Since I’ve been taking night shifts when RAN is out at sea, I’ve actually missed the last two recoveries and…
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Li Ling – Jan 26: Today we stayed outside the outflow of circumpolar deep water (CDW) on the western side of Dotson Ice Shelf doing… 24h of CTDs, nicknamed CTD…
Today right after lunch we saw a friend!!! Araon, the South Korean ice breaker research vessel appeared to the starboard side of us, super close to the Dotson Ice Shelf!…
The past two days have been super beautiful, with the sun shinning throughout the entire day! Unfortunately there aren’t many penguins or seals in this region…
Li Ling – Jan 20: First real mission with RAN!!! Exciting!!! The mission is ~19h long outside the Dotson Ice Shelf. Due to global logistic issues, many of the things…
Li Ling – Jan 18: RAN reparation today! After the test mission last Saturday, Anders and Mark noticed that the downward looking multibeam on RAN was… Hmm… Not entirely attached…