After three weeks alongside, we were ready to put to sea and get to collecting data. We started with test…
A little note from Stanley
While the NOC scientists, technicians, and crew are quarantined on the ship in Mare Harbour, the small BAS contingent for…
Something different: quarantine alongside in Mare Harbour
This year’s cruise preparation and mobilisation, like everything, is going a little differently. We flew south from Brize Norton to…
South Georgia
Because we had such good weather on the two main CTD sections, we arrived off South Georgia with time to…
CTD Section 2: Weddell Sea and Scotia Sea
The second repeat hydrographic section on this cruise is the A23 line, running from the northern Weddell Sea through the…
Islands and icebergs
A week ago we were transiting between the two hydrographic lines, passing by the South Orkney Islands on the way.…
CTD Section 1: Drake Passage
A couple of days after sailing from Punta Arenas, we started our CTDs with a late afternoon test cast in…
Double the science
We’re now heading out the Straits of Magellan for another Drake Passage cruise – this time with not one but…
Journey to the heart of James Clark Ross
by Felix Leung While we finished all the CTD sampling and on our way back to Stanley, Falkland Islands, we…
An incredible first cruise
by Morgan Dibb Morgan Dibb has been taking part in the JR18002 research expedition through Drake Passage in the Southern…