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“Icy Inverts” 2013 Cruise – Scientific Adventures in Antarctic Waters

By Dr Bik, on

January 4th, 2013

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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

Two new expedition blogs: super deep South Pacific and super cold Antarctica

By Miriam Goldstein, on

September 1st, 2012

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Expeditions

Antarctica, Cold Dark Benthos, deep sea, McMurdo, Microbes, scientific expedition, Scripps, Tonga Trench Expedition, Trench

Looking for vicarious adventure? Check out two new expedition blogs, both of which are underway right now! The Tonga Trench Expedition team The Tonga Trench Expedition is a Scripps Institution of Oceanography student cruise, led by Scripps graduate student/chief scientist Rosa Leon Zayas. (and if anyone out there is looking for a kick-ass female Latina . . . → Read More: Two new expedition blogs: super deep South Pacific and super cold Antarctica

Submersible at your disposal + unexplored marine habitat = EPIC expedition!!

By Dr Bik, on

January 19th, 2011

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Expeditions, Life At Sea

Brazil, coral reef, scientific expedition, submersible

Although the Deep-sea News team has just spent a whole weekend in exotic North Carolina, we are jealous of Dr. Alistair Dove who currently enroute to the majestic Abrolhos reef off the coast of Brazil. He will be representing the Georgia Aquarium in an international team of scientists traversing this tropical paradise from January 20-28. . . . → Read More: Submersible at your disposal + unexplored marine habitat = EPIC expedition!!