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Blogging in an extreme environment

In winter 2007, Hugh Powell, a freelance science writer, filed daily dispatches from Ross Island, Antarctica, on Expedition 3 of WHOI’s Live from the Poles. Expedition members camped out in tents, with three teams of scientists studying two very different subjects: First, they looked at the biology of the frigid, bountiful Ross Sea through the…

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Blogging in an extreme environment
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Blogging in an extreme environment

"Green" glider
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“Green” glider

A shell of their former selves
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A shell of their former selves

Eating its way up the food chain
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Eating its way up the food chain

Over the edge
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Over the edge

Two halves make a larger whole
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Two halves make a larger whole

Into the open ocean
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Into the open ocean

Peering into a pit
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Peering into a pit

Tentacled predators
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Tentacled predators

Exploring a volcanic landscape
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Exploring a volcanic landscape

Testing the waters
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Testing the waters

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A national leader in ocean sciences

Red beret
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Red beret

Tracking Greenland's glacial retreat
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Tracking Greenland’s glacial retreat

Still toxic after all these years
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Still toxic after all these years

Leading the way
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Leading the way

Indicators of ocean health
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Indicators of ocean health

Designed for shallow water
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Designed for shallow water

Will you be my Naphthalene?
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Will you be my Naphthalene?

Life in the sea
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Life in the sea

Flow of the Hudson Strait
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Flow of the Hudson Strait

Stretch it
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Stretch it

Hands across the water
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Hands across the water

Sound sources
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Sound sources

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