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Otherworldly light over enchantingly beautiful icebergs, while entering the Lemaire Channel, Antarctica. RRS SDA winter expedition #SD049 @bas.ac.uk
May 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Approaching the Lemaire Channel on a perfect winter day #SD049
May 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Moonlight over the southern ocean 🌝🌊 @bas.ac.uk #SD049
May 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Sunrise over a calm Drake Passage 🌞🌊🔬🦠
@bas.ac.uk #SD049
May 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
A little roll on the Southern Ocean 🙃 #sd049 @bas.ac.uk
May 17, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Arrival of the SDA at Rothera Research Station, Antarctica - not far off mid-winter ❄️🚢🌚 #SD049 @bas.ac.uk
May 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Lemaire is full of whales today 🐋
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Making new friends in the Lemaire Channel 😍
May 19, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The last rays of winter sun over Rothera Research Station, Antarctica. 67.6°S
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May 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
🚢 RRS Sir David Attenborough sets sail for Antarctica 🐧❄️
👷‍♂️👩‍🔬 Crew & scientists of SD049 onboard
🌚 Ready to uncover the secrets of the Antarctic winter
🦠 Atmospheric microbiology
🌊 Marine ecology & biogeochemistry
🌨️ Atmospheric particle transport
#SD049 @bas.ac.uk
May 12, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Sampling bio-aerosols during heavy snowfall, onboard Boaty McBoatface in the southern ocean ❄️🦠🌨️🌊 #SD049
May 20, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Winter at 67.7°S with this wonderful team ❄️🌊🧬🌨️🔬🌚
@bas.ac.uk #SD049
The science team currently on the RRS Sir David Attenborough 🚢
We've been finding out more about what's going on in the polar ocean and atmosphere as the southern hemisphere heads into winter ❄️
📷 @drbradbrad.bsky.social

@cpom-uk.bsky.social @biopole.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Giant dinosaurs hanging out beneath our ship 👀 #SD049
We came looking for chlorophyll and our acoustician found this... At 180m tall I guess we found out where the monster hangs out when not in Loch Ness @biopole.bsky.social?
www.instagram.com/p/DJ4LOnONVg...
May 22, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Heading south to join RRS Sir David Attenborough 🚢
SD049 winter Antarctic campaign ❄️🐧 🌚
Marseille ☀️ RAF Brize Norton 🇬🇧 Ascension Island 🌋 tiny volcanic island in the Atlantic ocean 🏝️ Finally Falklands/Malvinas where we meet the ship 🚢
@bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social @treacherousbuzz.bsky.social
May 10, 2025 at 1:08 PM
And more literally steering us to success, huge thank-yous to our captain Will Whatley and chief officer Fergus Walker for your hard work and ensuring a successful cruise #SD049 ❄️🌊🚢
June 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
First time Co-PSO 🙋‍♂️
Hugely grateful to Gabi Stowasser - our brilliant PSO (Principal Science Officer) who I learnt a lot from as Co-PSO.
As with all expeditions/projects - on a cruise there is an enormous amount for the PSOs to keep on top of besides the science 😵‍💫
Gabi steered us to success 💪 #SD049
May 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Catch up on the Southern Ocean BIOPOLE III Winter Cruises SD049 & SD050! 🌊

The cruise included zooplankton sampling, underway water sampling, sediment sampling and other incredible work on the ship! 🚢

read the article here: biopole.ac.uk/2025/12/11/s...
July 9, 2026 at 11:56 AM
Continually running between the wet lab/underway seawater system on Deck 3, and the aerosol lab on Deck 10 🤪 #SD049
May 22, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Congrats to @drmartinezrabert.bsky.social @reymourot.bsky.social & Sibylle Lebert @mioceanologie.bsky.social for representing @erc.europa.eu #ERC_SIESTA & @hfspo.bsky.social Atmosphere projects at JSM3 conference in Marseille ☀️ while I’m in Antarctica 🌚 #SD049 @cnrs.fr @cnrs-insu.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM