Li Ling – Mar 10: As beautiful and remarkable the journey to West Antarctica has been, like any journey, it eventually comes to an end. The entire 9th of March…
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Li Ling – Mar 7: This morning when I got up, we have principally left the Drake Passage! The crossing went so quick! It took less than two days! And…
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Li Ling – Mar 6: Today we are speeding our way through the Drake Passage. The stronger wind will arrive in around two days, but by then we should be…
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Li Ling – Mar 5: When we arrived at Maxwell Bay by King George Island yesterday, the weather was still quite calm. The sky was clear and the scenery was…
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Li Ling – Mar 4: A slight change in our course: instead of stopping at Palmer station for some deck operations and moving the hazard wastes off the ship, we…
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Li Ling – Mar 3: What do we do when there is (almost) no more science experiments happening on the ship? Well, yesterday and today Anna initiated the project of…
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Li Ling – Mar 2: Today is yet another busy day for people with samples to pack for shipping. Sharon and Tish from ARTEMIS packing the water samples they have…
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Li Ling – Mar 1: Today has been an interesting day indeed! In the morning, Michael from the THOR team received a surprise certificate from Rick (IT). The certificate is…
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Li Ling – Feb 28: Today after lunch we had a full science meeting, where a few of the PIs (principle investigators) presented the datasets that we collected during the…
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Li Ling – Feb 27: Most people are busy packing up today: packing the instruments back into their boxes, packing the samples they've taken during the cruise for shipping, preparing…
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