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After sampling at the eastern side of the Falklands/Malvinas, we went north and took some samples off the side of the continental shelf.

At the moment, we are sampling near the Falkland islands (or Malvinas).

Today we went for the deepest and steepest.

We are still doing some deep trawls, which take up a lot of time, but it is fascinating to see different animals. And speaking of which...

Two of our researchers are pioneering new techniques for measuring changes in climate on small, and revealing scales.

We are now exploring the deeper parts of the Burdwood Bank.

Today marks the middle of our cruise; it's an important milestone to be celebrated!

Introducing special guest blogger, James Tickner.

Indeed the wind died down enough for another trawl this morning, but it did not contain the organisms we’d hoped for.

DigiVol volunteers wearing their new colourful T shirts.

We finally reached our Scotia Ridge site today. But our hopes of launching a camera to directly survey the bottom were dashed.  

Today we transit to our next site, away from Shag Rocks and towards a tiny part of the Scotia Ridge that rises steeply from deep water.

This morning we were ready to go trawling at Shag Rocks.

After fishing on the north side of South Georgia for a couple of days, we decided to move around to the south side.  

Finally this morning we arrived at South Georgia and began fishing in earnest.