Antarctica

On deck retrieving the Multicore sediments: L-R Rebecca Knight; Lucinda Duxbury; Sarah Jessop; Izzy White; Noah Menner. Image credit: CSIRO-Jason Fazey.

COOKIES Blog #12 – Sailing on the spectrum: an autistic perspective of life on a research voyage

Sailing on the spectrum: an autistic perspective of life on a research voyage By Rebecca Knight, University of Exeter, UK In middle of the night, I jolt awake to the sound of a distant alarm. Is it an emergency? No, it’s just one of the many everyday sounds of living on a ship. I’d wear […]

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The ‘Demogorgon’ – an Umbellula sp. sitting in sampling tray waiting to be processed for DNA sampling and preservation for museum storage. Image credit: K. Prata.

COOKIES Blog #13 – Finding stranger things: catching a real-life ‘Demogorgon’ from the Antarctic deep

Finding stranger things: catching a real-life ‘Demogorgon’ from the Antarctic deep By Kat Prata, James Cook University/Securing Antarctica’s Environment Future (JCU/SAEF), Sarah Jessop, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies/University of Tasmania (IMAS/UTAS) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU At first glance, you might think this strange-looking organism slipped through a fracture in space-time, perhaps via an Einstein-Rose

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COOKIES Voyage Group photo – Science Team, Crew and CSIRO Technical Team. Image credit: CSIRO-E. Pietraroia.

COOKIES Blog #14 – COOKIES wrap up: 55 Days in the Southern Ocean

COOKIES wrap up: 55 Days in the Southern Ocean By Dr Linda Armbrecht, Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science/Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (University of Tasmania) and Joline Lalime, Sea2SchoolAU Fifty-five days in the Southern Ocean is long enough to lose track of which day it is, but not long enough to lose

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