Ross Sea Connection

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

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.

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

The Palmer spent most of today on the move. We steamed 180 miles northeast of Ross Island to recover a glider for Dr. Walker Smith of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Then we turned toward Station 16 (see Jan 28 post), about 120 miles to our northwest. Along the way we are sampling the […]

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. It represents 13.5 hours of real time.

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 sound of the pump changing the buoyancy.

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.

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.

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.