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Hello again, First off, the National Geographic cruise ship, the Explorer, was amazing.  The vessel carried 140 tourists that came in waves onto Palmer Station raiding our gift shop and devouring the brownies Diane and Beaver left out for them.  We moved around some tables and made a little show room in our dining area where [...]

Kaycee laid out  in the last post some conditions we have been struggling to sample in, and this time I would like to take that one step further and really introduce our science equipment and what we plan on doing down here this season.  Please feel free to comment with any questions on this post considering [...]

After almost 4 full days of a rocking ship filled with 40 people fidgeting and waiting to do something we finally reached the first stop of our luxury (if cold, wet, and cramped conditions are now considered luxurious) cruise.  The Copacabana field station is located on King George Island which is part of the South Shetland Islands around [...]