You have probably seen photos of icebergs melting in the ocean around Greenland or Antarctica, but did you know that you can hear them too? As the ice melts in the ocean it crackles. Small pockets of air expand as they are heated so bubbles of air in the ice give the bergy bits a […]
When you think of bubbles, you might think of the bath or a bubble tea, but at sea we’re talking about a very different bubble; a “bubble” for trace metals On our first day on board, still in port, we began building our bubble. The bubble is designed for ultra clean trace metal filtration and […]
Joining MSM130 are scientists from 5 continents and 9 institutions. There are several teams onboard with many of the scientists working between two teams to deliver novel interdisciplinary science. We’ll introduce these teams to you properly later, but here’s a brief overview of our work at sea (no specific order!). First up, our physical oceanographers […]
After two days of a not so comfortable crossing from Iceland to Greenland (a force 7 sea state kept most of us in a state of mild discomfort), we were thrilled this morning to make it to the Greenland shelf where the weather is much more pleasant! We’ve already filmed some seals having a leisurely […]
Hello from the tip of Greenland. After two days of semi-smooth sailing, we saw Greenland for the first time this morning and reached the southernmost point of our cruise. From now on, it’s only getting colder, the days are getting longer, and the work gets harder:) To recap on the last three days: we set […]
Hello, my name is Xuewei Jin, and I’m a master’s student from Shanghai Jiaotong University. What a crazy thing to be able to participate in the Maria S. Merian cruise to collect seawater samples along the Greenlandic coastline and in unsurveyed east Greenland fjords! The research expedition Polar Beast is my first international science experince […]
Hi from somewhere a few hours west of Iceland! I’m Apsara P. Vijayan, a chemical Oceanographer from India. I am so excited to participate in the research expedition POLAR BEAST, organized by the GEOMAR-Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research. This will be my third ocean expedition, my first time in the polar ocean, and my first […]
So, this is the first time I could take part in a research cruise, everything is so ‘fresh’ for me. We departed from university campus in Shenzhen 3 days ago, crossing from mainland China to Hongkong on July 06th, then flew to Iceland via Germany. It took us two days in to arrive in Reykjavík. […]
by Riel Carlo O. Ingeniero Due to an unforeseen event (see cruise report for more details), we have to cut our research expedition short and head back to Singapore. The R/V Sonne has been docked at the Singapore Cruise Centre at the HarbourFront in Singapore for a week now. Today, we will be disembarking from […]
von Kira Lange, GEOMAR Helmholtz Zentrum für Ozeanforschung Kiel Bzzz bzzz. Der Wecker klingelt morgens um 3.45 Uhr. Der erste verschlafene Blick des Tages geht auf DSHIP. DSHIP ist eine Plattform, auf der die Position des Schiffs und der CTD, einem Gerät, mit dem man Salzgehalt, Temperatur, Tiefe und weitere Parameter messen kann, angezeigt wird. […]