Blog archive: Science
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23 April: Feeding habits of the Antarctic Scientist (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
Introducing special guest blogger, James Tickner.
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22 April: Abandon hope! (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
Indeed the wind died down enough for another trawl this morning, but it did not contain the organisms we’d hoped for.
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21 April: A glassy pinnacle (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
We finally reached our Scotia Ridge site today. But our hopes of launching a camera to directly survey the bottom were dashed.
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20 April: Memorable Experiences (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
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.
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19 April: Treasure hunting (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
This morning we were ready to go trawling at Shag Rocks.
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18 April: What are you saying? (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
After fishing on the north side of South Georgia for a couple of days, we decided to move around to the south side.
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16 April: Epic battles at sea (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
Finally this morning we arrived at South Georgia and began fishing in earnest.
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Help us understand Sydney's Cockatoos
How can you help this world-first study being conducted by the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum?
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Koala genome breakthrough
What do the Tasmanian Devil, Tamar Wallaby and Platypus all have in common other than all being native Australian mammals?
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15 April: South Georgia on my mind (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
You can imagine by now that we are all champing at the bit to arrive at South Georgia and begin our next round of sampling.
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Making connections in Antarctica
What attracts museum research scientist Dr Nerida Wilson to the Scotia Arc, a series of islands linking South America to Antarctica?
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The Opera House Barkcloth
One of the Museum's biggest objects is so big that we have never seen all of it at once.
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Ghost Net art: Erub Erwer Meta visit
In February, we received a visit from artists and staff from Erub Erwer Meta (Darnley Island Arts Centre).
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12 April: Great Expectations (Scotia Arc Expedition 2013)
Today I asked one of our scientists (who had never been on an Antarctic research cruise before) what she thought of the operation so far.
