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Waves wash over the bow of the Palmer during a storm.

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Follow the CTD over the side of the Palmer and into the Ross Sea on a short cast. Look for Niskin bottles closing at 24 and 32 seconds in the video.

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Large waves wash along the starboard (right) side of the ship during a storm.

Download Quicktime Version (9.3 MB) Clouds form and dissipate, snow falls, and the sun emerges in this time lapse video shot during the transit from the central Ross Sea to the entrance of the McMurdo ice channel. At the end of the video, Beaufort Island, Cape Bird, and Mount Erebus come into view in that order. [...]

Download Quicktime Version (18.7 MB) See exactly what the glider sees during this video montage from a glider test dive. In the first part of the video, the glider is launched from the zodiac, then it travels to a depth of three meters, and finally surfaces. As the glider prepares to surface you can hear the [...]

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This time lapse video shows the mooring being deployed from the back deck. It represents two hours of real time.

The science team samples Ross Sea water from the Niskin bottles.

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Watch chief scientist Josh Kohut welcome you to our Ross Sea Connection cruise, speaking from above the ice pier at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, Jan 19, 2011.

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Scientists set up their equipment in the main lab of the Palmer before getting underway. This time lapse video shows a 360 degree view of the main lab over 37 minutes.

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An interview with physical oceanographer Dr. Josh Kohut Assistant Professor, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University Download mp3 My name is Josh Kohut, I’m an assistant professor of oceanography at Rutgers University. What makes the Ross Sea special is it’s an area where we have a lot of nutrients but not much phytoplankton…[Read more]

An interview with marine biogeochemist, Dr. Adam Kustka Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University, Newark Download mp3 My name is Adam Kustka, I’m a professor in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Department at Rutgers. I work on phytoplankton and interactions between phytoplankton and trace…[Read more]

Here are some pictures taken by science photographer Chris Linder, from the Ross Sea Teacher Institute held at Liberty Science Center in August 2010.

You’ll be seeing many more images from Chris once the cruise begins in January, so stay tuned!

Starting in mid-January, 2011, science writer Hugh Powell and photographer Chris Linder will be posting stories from the Ross Sea.  Until then we will post occasional updates from the researchers and students as they prepare for the mission. Over the next few months we will also feature some background stories on the Ross Sea ecosystem [...]