We made little headway today after finishing Ice Station III at about 0700hrs and then pushing south. But we did find a large floe to park at for the next couple of weeks and docked next to it tonight at about 1830hrs. It is at about 70deg41.1min south, 090deg59.15min west....and we are free drifting to the west at a fair rate. We should have a better idea tomorrow about our exact drift rate.
Tomorrow, the 'colonization' of the giant floe begins - and drilling and shoveling and ice-mass-balancing will get into full gear. -bs
Dr. Stewart boarding a gyrocopter in search of whale sharks
Brent Stewart, Ph.D., J.D.
Brent Stewart joined HSWRI as a field biologist in 1977 and has since conducted studies of the population biology, foraging and physiological ecology, and behavior of a variety of marine mammals, sea birds, sea turtles, and sharks. Dr. Stewart’s research expeditions have ranged from Greenland and Iceland in the North Atlantic south to Marion Island in the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean, in Russia's Lake Baikal, from the Beaufort and Bering Seas south through temperate, tropical and equatorial waters in the North Pacific Ocean, and in the Weddell, Amundsen, and Ross Seas of the Antarctic's Southern Ocean. For Brent's complete bio click here.
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