It has been another amazing week here on the Tangaroa. On Saturday we saw Antarctica which was an absolutely breath-taking experience that I’ll remember for the rest of my life! It began as a dark shape slowing appearing through the fog. Then the clouds parted showing...
We have now said goodbye to the towering cliffs and vast glaciers of the Balleny Islands and have been heading southeast tracking blue whales by following their low frequency calls. Yesterday we broke into the polynya that is the Ross Sea. The fantastic weather is...
On day five at 9:07 am we all held our breath as we passed 60 degrees south. This is quite the occasion on all ships as it marks the passage into true Antarctic waters. A sort of ceremony is held for us ‘freshers’ who haven’t passed the line before. At lunch the...
Day 10 into our voyage and we have made great progress, we have collected samples and data from nearly all our sites across the northern rise using the DTIS and Multicore and these past few days we have come around the Chatham Islands, although to our disappointment...
Wow, what a phenomenal first week – from gauging rivers throughout Molesworth Station to helping engineer weather systems for the Pacific Islands, it has all been incredibly eye opening! Fortunately for me I was only half way through what was set to be another week of...
