People come up with all sorts of wacky ideas to explore the oceans. And here is another one of those ideas. Meet the Polar Pod, a manned research platform dreamed up by French Explorer/Physician Jean-Louis Etienne to drift around Antarctica in the Southern Ocean. My first thought when I saw this concept was WTF. . . . → Read More: Is this Polar Pod genius or just plain insanity?
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By Dr. Martini, on  May 13th, 2013  8 comments  Expeditions, Polar, Vessels and Equipment  FLIP, polar pod, Southern Ocean By Dr. Martini, on May 6th, 2013 5 comments Expeditions, Life At Sea, Polar, Sea Ice, Vessels and Equipment Antarctica, Ice Breaker, penguins, polynyas, Ross Sea Love, love, love, love this video. Marine scientist Cassandra Brooks strapped a camera to the front of NSF’s icebreaker the Nathaniel B. Palmer as it sailed for two months through the ice-choked Ross Sea off Antartica. But unlike her, you don’t have to sit through two-months of ice smashing while fighting your shipmates for the . . . → Read More: Break through 2 months of Antarctic sea ice in 5 minutes
By Dr. Martini, on April 17th, 2013 Leave a comment Art, Biology, Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Mammals, Sea Ice field sketch, Greenland, narwhals Art and science. Their paths don’t always cross, but when they do the results can be absolutely stunning. And this is exactly why I am highlighting the wonderful new collaboration by scientist Kristin Laidre and artist Maria Coryell-Martin, “Imaging the Arctic. ” It is an elegant field blog based around Dr. Laidre’s fieldwork with Narwhals . . . → Read More: New field blog: Imaging the Arctic
By Alex Warneke, on April 11th, 2013 2 comments Art, Crustacean, Expeditions, Life of Science, New Research, Reviews, Social Sciences, Special, Weird Fish Stole My Look!, Mimic Octopus, mimicry The Head of the FP herself.Source: Wikimedia Commons We have a fashion emergency. White after labor day? No. Horizontal stripes? Not exactly. Wardrobe malfunction? Definitely No. Too much skin showing at the Grammys despite CBS’s best efforts to keep those scandalous celebs on the straight and narrow? No…oh wait….Yes…but not the example I was referring . . . → Read More: Quick! Someone call the Fashion Police.
By Dr. M, on March 27th, 2013 3 comments Biology, Crustacean, Ecology, Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Hadal & Trench, Microbes, New Research, Opinion & Editorial, Organisms, Special, Vessels and Equipment Bacteria, Cameron, Challenger Deep, exploration, hadal, James Cameron, JAMSTEC, marianas trench, Microbes, Trench When he made his historic solo dive into the Mariana Trench last month, James Cameron brought back images and descriptions of a “lunar like” marine landscape nearly devoid of life.-via National Geographic Returning from humankind’s first solo dive to the deepest spot in the ocean, filmmaker James Cameron said he saw no obvious signs of . . . → Read More: Is Marianas Trench A Lifeless Void?
By Dr Bik, on January 4th, 2013 Leave a comment Expeditions, New Research, Organisms Antarctica, biogeography, Genetics, genomics, invertebrates, Organisms, scientific cruise, scientific expedition, Species Diversity Genomics, Biodiversity, and Antarctica – three of my favourite things! For all you expedition junkies, these three things are exactly the focus of the 2013 “Ivy Inverts” cruise. My Gulf oil spill collaborator at Auburn University, Ken Halanych (along with an international team of students and colleagues), is currently steaming towards Antarctica aboard the Research . . . → Read More: “Icy Inverts” 2013 Cruise – Scientific Adventures in Antarctic Waters
I was pretty excited when I learned about Rutger’s expedition to Antarctica. But I am now STOKED after watching their teaser trailer. A beautiful video about science in Antarctica, the wide variety of tools they are using and why it is important. Seriously, can I come along too? I’ll tag penguins any day. Follow along . . . → Read More: New expedition: Stunning cinematography from Rutgers Antarctic Quest
The HF radar transmit tower watches over the frozen Chukchi Sea at Point Lay. We mark ‘em with bright orange reflective tape so snowmobilers don’t hit them. I apologize, as this post is a little belated. I have been back from a trip to take down a seasonal HF Radar array on the North . . . → Read More: Notes from the field: Observing the ocean from dry land
By Dr. M, on October 16th, 2012 13 comments Expeditions, Life At Sea, New Research, Scientist!, The Basics, Vessels and Equipment budget, exploration, Funding, NASA, ocean, Science, submersible For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and I call for the creation of a NASA-style agency to ensure the future health of US ocean science and exploration. The Ghost of Ocean Science Future that We Want to . . . → Read More: We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.3
By Dr. M, on October 16th, 2012 4 comments Expeditions, Gadgets & Gear, Life At Sea, New Research, Scientist!, The Basics, Vessels and Equipment budget, exploration, Funding, NASA, ocean, Science, submersible For too long ocean exploration has suffered from chronic underfunding and the lack of an independent agency with a dedicated mission. Here, Al Dove and I call for the creation of a NASA-style agency to ensure the future health of US ocean science and exploration. Over a decade ago, one of us (CM) made his . . . → Read More: We Need an Ocean NASA Now Pt.1
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