In between helicopter flights for the Amundsen’s scientific crew change, the SCAMP (Self-Contained Autonomous MicroProfiler) leaves the ship and pays a short visit to the ice camp, where it is scheduled to be the protagonist of another busy day.
Continue reading The SCAMP flew and paid a visit to the ice camp
During the formation of sea ice, small spaces remain between the ice crystals and are filled with a salty liquid, known as brines.
Continue reading Brine channels, micro-habitat for ice algae
During the green edge 2016 experiment, at the beginning of June, we observed an aggregate event : A morning the hole used for water column sampling was full of millions of large organic particles : aggregates. The same situation repeats every day during a full week before disappearing completely.
