Routine at sea

Now the work is routine. We are sampling and sampling across the Drake. Fortunately, the weather is right, there is no too much wind and the waves are moderate. People are starting to get tired because of the hard work during 24 h, cold weather and boat movement. Those performing experiments are really exhausted because of the difficulty to combine the compulsory watchs and the time to start or finish each experiment. Below some more pictures of the Antarctic researchers on board R.V. Hespérides, and of course, ice...

The blue ice

Luis Lubián from the University of Cádiz.

From France, Alex Stegner

From Chile, Cristián Henríquez.

Our particular jacuzzi at 0 to 1 degrees celsius containing the experiments of Gara Franchy. She is performing dilution experiments to know the grazing of microzooplankton in these waters.

Some krill used for the experiments of Marta Moyano and Inma Herrera. They are measuring respiration, excretion and growth in this keystone species of Antarctica.

Salps, salps and more salps. This is the content of the Mocness nets during all the cruise. These gelatinous organisms showed large patches and appeared in almost all the tows performed.