A couple days ago we made it to our second sampling site:
Signy Island. Signy is at the top of our transect, all the way up at 60°S. It is a very beautiful
place!
The British Antarctic Survey has a research base on Signy
Island, and we started with a visit to the scientists living there.
Then, the five of us hiked up the hill behind the base to
look for a sampling site. We actually had a hard time finding a good spot,
because while there’s a TON of green stuff, it’s mostly moss. We had to look
for a while before we found an area that had a lot of grass.
After sampling, we spent the next day processing the
samples in the lab while we sailed to our next site at Elephant Island. We
currently sit just off the south shore of Elephant Island waiting for the wind
to die down. The LMG can’t sail right up next to the islands, because the water
gets too shallow. We have to take zodiacs (small boats) from the LMG to the
islands. The zodiacs are light enough that wind this strong can flip them over!
So here we wait…
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