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RRS Ernest Shackleton: Antarctica 2011-12

Posted by escomms on Mon Jan 2nd, 2012
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iSTAR - NERC Ice Sheet Stability Programme: Preparing for Antarctica

Posted by Povl Abrahamsen on Wed Oct 5th, 2011
from iSTAR - NERC Ice Sheet Stability Programme

Preparations are now well underway for next year's field seasons, both for the ocean forcing and icesheet response components of iSTAR. On the ocean side, mooring components have been bought...

RRS Ernest Shackleton: North Sea 2011

Posted by escomms on Wed Aug 3rd, 2011
from RRS Ernest Shackleton

The Shackleton has been through quite a lot since you last heard from us down south.  We departed Stanley in April and headed North for warmer climes. We had an...

iSTAR - NERC Ice Sheet Stability Programme: NBP10-05

Posted by Povl Abrahamsen on Thu Jun 16th, 2011
from iSTAR - NERC Ice Sheet Stability Programme

The first science cruise of the ocean forcing component of iSTAR took place on RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, an American ice-going research vessel, in collaboration with Prof. Stan Jacobs, Lamont-Doherty...

RRS James Clark Ross: JCR Refit 2011

Posted by admin on Thu Jun 9th, 2011
from RRS James Clark Ross

The James Clark Ross entered Portsmouth Naval Base on Wednesday 1st June to start the annual refit period. [caption id="attachment_118" align="alignnone" width="430" caption="The JCR in refit"][/caption] The James Clark Ross...

RRS James Clark Ross: Weddell Sea

Posted by admin on Tue Feb 15th, 2011
from RRS James Clark Ross

For the past few days we have been steaming through the Weddell Sea, stopping every now and then to do more science. Yesterday was a day of coring using the...

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