Dispatches from Antarctica – Farewell Weddell Sea
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By , on March 22nd, 2010 Leave a comment   Expeditions, Organisms   , , , , , , , , , , , , ,  
Living vesicomyid clams 100 kilometers from the former edge of the Larsen B Ice Shelf as initially seen in 2005 (top), and images of what may be the same clam bed now dead in 2007. Although the image quality is poor, the trails in the 2005 image are characteristic of those made by living vesicomyids. Upper image is from Domack et al. EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union 86, 269-276 (2005). Lower image is from Niemann et al. (2009)

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – Farewell Weddell Sea

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Dispatches from Antarctica – Sampling the Inverted Benthos
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By , on February 7th, 2010 One comment   Ecology, Expeditions   , , , , , , , , ,  

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – Sampling the Inverted Benthos

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Dispatches from Antarctica – First Month’s Progress
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By , on February 3rd, 2010 Leave a comment   Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Geology, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , , , , , ,  

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – First Month’s Progress

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Dispatches from Antarctica – Rothera
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By , on January 29th, 2010 One comment   Expeditions   , , , , ,  

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – Rothera

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Dispatches from Antarctica – Fast Ice, Slow Progress
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By , on January 16th, 2010 Leave a comment   Expeditions   , , , , ,  

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – Fast Ice, Slow Progress

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Dispatches from Antarctica – LARISSA Begins
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By , on January 7th, 2010 3 comments   Environmental Sciences, Expeditions, Scientist!, Vessels and Equipment   , , , , , , , ,  

David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News . . . → Read More: Dispatches from Antarctica – LARISSA Begins

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