Li Ling – Feb 25: When we entered the Amundsen Sea in the beginning of January, we transited in sea ice for a few days. During our departure from the…
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Li Ling – Feb 24: Today is the final day of science operations for this cruise (other than the TMC towfish to be deployed later and the continuous underway water…
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Li Ling – Feb 23: continued throughout the day. Oh, have I mentioned that the nights at far south has become tangibly dark? Despite the snowy weather, the seal tagging…
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Li Ling – Feb 22: 2022-02-22 on a Tuesday! Happy "Two's" Day Today we finished our operations at Getz A. We did a few CTDs and THOR had their last…
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Li Ling – Feb 21: When I got up today the world has changed... We were previously planning on doing the CTD/LADCP section at Getz A today, move back to…
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Li Ling – Feb 19-20: The past two days we're back to Getz B Ice Shelf for some detailed surveying. What counts as detailed surveying? Well... In this case, 6…
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Li Ling – Feb 18: After last two days of super successful seal tagging at Bear Peninsula, we are heading back today to Getz B for more science. The first…
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Li Ling – Feb 16-17: We had a two-day window with really calm weather, perfect for seal tagging! Since we previously only managed to tag 3 seals in total, and…
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Li Ling – Feb 14: We're finally moving from the Dotson Ice Shelf! Yesterday we took a 13h transit west, towards the Getz B Ice Shelf. The weather was beautiful…
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Li Ling – Feb 12: Yesterday and today we've been doing some seal tagging around Bear Peninsula. This time, some of the Weddell Seals seem to have finished moulting. The…
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