May 6 2008
May 6 2008
A stunning photo of a petrel in front of an iceberg.
We couldn’t help but hear the Jaws theme tune when we saw this berg!
Ship MT’s Greg Buikema and Zim Zimmerman bring in an early morning dredge in the rain.
Today is “hump day”, which is nothing to do with camels – it’s just the middle day of the cruise! Yes, indeed, we have less time left than we have spent so far on the ship – and there’s plenty more to do.
To celebrate our half way mark, we are having a two day Twister tournament (so that people on different shifts can participate).
Work, of course, continues, with more geophysical surveys and dredges in the Scotia Sea.
All photos by Dann Blackwood unless otherwise stated
Geologist Alan Hastie gets enthusiastic with the rock bashing!
Laura Robinson and Katie Peña in their Twister match, in the first round of the championship.
Marcy Davies and Kathy Scanlon collapse after a particularly brutal match.
The postdocs, Kate Hendry and Alan Hastie, battle it out for the pride of UK universities...