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ASCLME Research Cruises: August 2008
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Sunday, 31 August 2008. A few posts ago, I mentioned that I would let you know about what had been keeping us all so busy. The start of trawling meant lots and lots of fish (and other creatures) winding up on our decks, which needed to be identified to the lowest possible taxon (preferably to species). Can take over an hour to get to a point where you're happy that you've done a reasonable job of identifying it accurately. The fish lab looking unusually tidy (just after we cleaned it on Saturday). Some f...
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Seamounts expedition blog: A visit to the engine room!
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Seamounts expedition: Exploring underwater mountains on board the RRS James Cook from 7 November to 21 December 2011 (Cape Town - Port Elizabeth, South Africa). Why are we here? Sunday, December 18, 2011. A visit to the engine room! Clare and I enjoyed a tour of the engine room yesterday. It was very interesting. You feel like you enter another world: the heart of the ship …. Each engine has 9 cylinders. Injectors and exhaust valves are quite impressive in size particularly compared to car engines. BBC N...
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Seamounts expedition blog: Packing!
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Seamounts expedition: Exploring underwater mountains on board the RRS James Cook from 7 November to 21 December 2011 (Cape Town - Port Elizabeth, South Africa). Why are we here? Thursday, December 15, 2011. We can summarise the activities that go on around the ship today in one single word: packing. We have to be careful while walking in the lab … as half-full boxes are appearing everywhere! Follow the expedition by Email. There was an error in this gadget. IUCN webpage - Seamounts project. Scottish Asso...
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ASCLME Research Cruises: Life on the Algoa - according to a student.
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010. Life on the Algoa - according to a student. One of the young students from George asked me for some paper to write down some of what he had learnt during his day on the Algoa. I've tried to retain the formatting and spelling as is:. Life on the Algoa, 25 September 2010. How do you tell the age of a fish? Inside the ear of the fish if you open it up you will see that there are rings similar to those produced by trees each ring represents a year of life. Some children got sea ...
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ASCLME Research Cruises: December 2009
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Thursday, 03 December 2009. The 2009 Seamounts Cruise Blog. The IUCN-led Seamounts Project. Funded by the GEF, is also undertaking cruises aboard the Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Rather have our readers go to two places for information on this joint ASCLME/Seamounts Project Cruise, we've decided to redirect you to out partner's blog - so, for more information on this exciting expedition, please visit the 2009 Seamounts Cruise Blog. This blog is also being syndicated by BBC News on their Earth News.
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ASCLME Research Cruises: Some clarifications
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Wednesday, 29 September 2010. Just in case anyone wants some clarification on some of the points in the previous post that might be a little off (probably more my fault for throwing out far. Too much information for one day than anything else! The ear bones are called "otoliths" and are very useful in determining the age of fishes, particularly in temperate waters; in tropical waters they are often less useful - but the analogy to rings in a tree trunk is pretty apt! Many dinoflagellate algae produce bio...
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ASCLME Research Cruises: 2010 Mooring Cruise
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Friday, 24 September 2010. I'm sitting on the FRS Algoa. In Cape Town Harbour. Having enjoyed a braai on the trawl deck during Heritage Day! Tomorrow morning at around 9am, the ship will leave the harbour and make its way towards Mossel Bay. From Port Elizabeth, the Algoa. The students and teachers on board are taking part in NOAA's "Adopt a Drifter" Program. Like we'll be in for some rough weather. I'll post another update tomorrow. Posted by James Stapley @ 9:30 PM Permalink. Comments: Post a Comment.
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ASCLME Research Cruises: Setting Sail
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Saturday, 25 September 2010. After some difficulties persuading the gate guard to let our little group into the harbour, we finally got everyone on board at around 8:45, before setting sail at 9. After a brief talk in the mess (dining room), and watching the Algoa. As I type this, the rest of Algoa. S guests are in their cabins, waiting for some seasickness medication to have a chance to act, so I thought I'd take the time out to update the blog. Posted by James Stapley @ 10:53 AM Permalink.
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ASCLME Research Cruises: Satellite drifters
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Sunday, 26 September 2010. We sailed into Mossel Bay this morning around 8am, and quickly swapped the students from Indwe Secondary School with a group of younger students from several schools around George. We're currently about to sail past the Knysna Heads here. My colleague, Tommy Bornman, will ensure that the 5 drifters we put aboard are deployed in the Mozambique Channel as they cross towards Madagascar, or along the southern coast of Madagascar. The drifter may end up entrained in one of the M...
