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View from the lab window during (left) and after (right) the storm.
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Barne glacier seen from the air. The arrow indicates where we had to park the Pisten Bully as it was too big to cross the crack. The star indicates where the seal was located.
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Map of the McMurdo Sound area. The red line indicates our route. We flew north to Mount Byrd spotting a number of groups of seals on the way. We found a lone juvenile seal at the very northern end of the Mount Byrd area and were able to collect samples from her there. On the way back we found another juvenile seal in the Wohlschlag Bay area and were lucky enough to collect samples from her as well. The green stars indicate the areas where we found the seals. The black "tacks" indicate Adelie penguin rookeries. These areas are quite identifiable from the helicopter and if you open the helicopter window you know there are a lot of penguins there (stinky!). To give you a perspective on distance, it is about 19 km to our fish-hut (B0-018) and takes us over an hour to get there in the Pisten Bully.
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Looking north from Mt. Byrd you can see Beaufort Island and numerous large icebergs.
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Large flat-topped iceberg in Wohlsclag Bay area taken from the helicopter. These icebergs are frozen into the sea ice and will have to wait for the summer thaw before they can float away.
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Looking into Wohlschlag Bay. Mt Byrd is on the left and Mt. Erebus (Ross Island's active volcano) is on the right of the picture. Notice the glaciers on the slopes of Mt. Byrd.
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Adelie penguin rookery at Cape Evans from the helicopter. Right panel is a close-up view.
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Dr. Trumble posing with an adult Weddell seal after sampling. Dr. Kanatous, Dr. Watson and Allyson are finishing up sample processing before we head back to McMurdo.
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Barnes Glacier
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Wohlschlag Bay
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Temperatures from this past week including the projected sunrise (no time) and the sunset (Feb 2006)
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