ABOVE: Dr. Megan Schwartz at the end of a plankton tow pulling the net back on board.
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ABOVE: A Sterechinus sea urchin collected from Antarctica.
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ABOVE: Sorting a sample out on deck to separate the different species.
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ABOVE: Two large sea spiders collected in our trawls.
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ABOVE: Damien Waits happy during his first trip the the Antarctic.
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ABOVE: A crinoid echinoderm. This is a filter feeder.
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ABOVE: A large iceberg close to one of our stations.
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ABOVE: A large annelid scale worm taken from the Blake trawl.
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ABOVE: A seal we passed on the ice close to Palmer Station.
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ABOVE: The team sorting and preserving samples in the lab on the ship.
Last updated: 12/06/2013