Month: November 2010

New boat for spinner dolphin project in Hawaii

[dropcap4 color=”green”]I[/dropcap4]t’s official, we are now the proud owners of a new (at least to us) small boat for our work in Hawaii. The boat, which is currently without a name, is a 22 foot fibreglass vessel built by C-Dory, a Washington state company. She’s an odd looking boat for Hawaii in some ways, but…
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Southern Ocean GLOBEC predator synthesis

[dropcap4 color=”green”]W[/dropcap4]e got great news this week as our predator synthesis paper for the Southern Ocean GLOBEC project was fully accepted for publication in the journal Deep Sea Research. This paper compiles location data for 4 key krill predators (humpbacks, minkes, Adelie penguins and crabeater seals) in Marguerite Bay and develops ecological niche models (ENMs)…
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A Compelling Illusion of Integrity

[Excerpted from Duke Antarctic Project Blog] [dropcap4 color=”green”]E[/dropcap4]xperiencing the Antarctic during the late autumn is a privilege, and something I wish I could share with many. When it is clear, the short daylight hours are perfused by sunlight that has traveled through miles and miles of the earth’s atmosphere – giving it that ethereal quality…
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Greetings from Kaliningrad – Marine Mammals of the Holarctic 2010

[dropcap4 color=”green”]H[/dropcap4]ello from the city of Kaliningrad, located within the small part of Russia that sits on the Baltic Sea. I’m here for the Marine Mammals of the Holarctic meeting, presenting a paper on the long term trends in sea ice in the breeding regions of harp seals. The talk went well, and it was a great…
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