http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica April 21 - June 11, 2009 daily 1 2009-02-08T09:02:24Z http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/the-long-trip-home After an amazingly successful cruise, thoughts turned to homes, friends and families – though we had many miles to travel to get to them. No publisher dnowacek 2009-06-17T21:00:33Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/gerlache-strait-sun.-6-7-09-coming-home What does it mean when mostly sane people strip down, show off their serious need for a tan, and jump into frigid water when you leave? No publisher Ari Friedlaender 2009-06-08T13:44:06Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/port-lockroy-fri.-6-5-09-let-the-party-commence With all of our science completed, the MISHAP team woke today ready to p.a.r.t.y! No publisher Reny Tyson 2009-06-05T13:01:00Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/lockroy-station-thurs.-6-4-09-a-super-happy-something-or-other So today was Andy Read’s birthday. What a mess that was. No publisher Chance Miller 2009-06-05T12:52:12Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/gerlache-strait-wed.-6-3-09-thoughts-towards-the-voyage-home Now, over fifty days later we’ve seen some of the densest aggregations of humpback whales ever recorded... No publisher Elliott Hazen 2009-06-04T14:54:53Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/wilhelmina-bay-mon.-6-1-09-a-fond-farewell-to-wilhelmina-bay June 1 was the last day of major operations in Wilhelmina Bay, our most frequented portion of the study area, and the place with the biggest signal to noise ratio of life I have ever seen. No publisher Dave Johnston 2009-06-03T14:58:14Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/wilhelmina-bay-sun.-5-31-09-hiiii-wayne-hiii-iii-iiiiiii Humpback tagging from the whale's perspective.... No publisher Alison Stimpert 2009-06-01T14:47:08Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/wilhelmina-bay-fri.-5-29-09-a-delightful-snowy-day In hand: snowballs. Note to self: Get revenge. No publisher Lindsey Peavey 2009-05-30T19:26:34Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/wilhelmina-bay-thurs.-5-28-09-nature-red-in-tooth-and-claw Another tag on today in a bay full of whales and a spectacular sighting of a leopard seal eating a Gentoo penguin. No publisher Andy Read 2009-06-10T14:08:26Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/an-icy-night-becomes-a-snow-day Time to explore a new area - so we pushed on to Charlotte Bay, just to the northeast of where we'd been working. Turns out Charlotte was pretty full of ice as well as whales... No publisher Chance Miller and Doug Nowacek multimedia 2009-06-10T14:08:49Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/errera-channel-thurs.-5-21-09-dont-distract-us-from-the-scenery As we cruised passed Cuverville Island, we could see the tell-tale signs of penguins hauling out and resting on the snow. As one of the observers noted, it was a good thing there weren't many whales to distract us from the scenery. No publisher Ari Friedlaender 2009-05-22T15:30:48Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/andvord-bay-wed.-5-20-09-the-ice-is-getting-thick-and-the-minke-whales-are-getting-playful.. While the science was going right on schedule, the highlight of the day was an unanticipated visit from an extremely curious minke whale. No publisher Pat Halpin 2009-05-21T15:19:29Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/piccard-cove-tues.-5-19-09-2013-just-another-201cnormal201d-day-in-the-antarctic I am humbled to be a part of this experience and am continuously amazed at how a “normal” day for us here in the Antarctic is an extraordinary day in each and every one of our lives. No publisher Reny Tyson 2009-05-21T15:12:26Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/palmer-mon.-5-18-09-were-surrounded-by-antarctica ...brash ice with two southern fulmars on ice bits off the port side, whales on three sides of us, penguins honking about 200 meters away, and glaciers calving 2-3 kilometers away.... No publisher Elliott Hazen 2009-05-21T15:06:14Z Blog Entry http://www.nicholas.duke.edu/antarctica/blog/andvord-bay-sun.-5-17-09-orcas Today brought us into contact with our first killer whales (Orcinus orca) of the trip. Ari spotted them traveling northeast along the Gerlache, and thanks to a little luck, he soon had some amazing pictures of them. No publisher Dave Johnston 2009-05-18T13:51:31Z Blog Entry