On Tuesday I flew to Canada, after a week-long astrobiology course in Spain. Tomorrow I’ll drive up from Vancouver to Pavilion Lake, to spend the next couple weeks deploying submarines with the Pavilion Lake Research Project. I’m so pumped to be working with many of the same folks who were at the lake last summer–plus [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘photography’
June 1, 2009
hazing photo, and new summer adventures
Just to keep the ball rolling on this ol’ blog, here is a hideous photo of me on board the Gould: And because I know you’re wondering: that is a squid in my mouth. The hazing ceremony for crossing the Antarctic Circle for the first time via boat includes activities like “Bobbing for Squid.” Good [...]
March 9, 2009
that time a penguin snuck up on me
On Torgerson Island, near Palmer Station, an Adelie snuck up on me while I was photographing a pair of chicks. I was totally oblivious until it was nearly touching my leg. This was, incidentally, the same penguin that makes an appearance around 0:42 in the video I put up in my last post…
February 16, 2009
Antarctic Photos
I’ve posted some photographs from Antarctica. You can find them on the Photographs page under “Photos from Antarctica” (or click here to see them!) They’re out of order, and I haven’t given them captions yet, but you’re welcome to take a look anyway. I also took several hours of HD video. Edited videos will be [...]
December 21, 2008
Battling the Boobies
Prologue Our ship must appear, to some birds, like the only truck stop along an ocean highway stretching for hundreds of empty miles in any direction. Throughout our voyage, a strange assortment of birds—from sparrows to owls—found their way to the SSV Seamans. Most of our avian guests paused to rest for just a few [...]
December 15, 2008
The Helm
When things are going well on the helm, it’s incredible. It’s powerful. You can feel the force of the water pressing against the helm in your hands. You are in a position of ultimate control. You know where you’re going and how to get there. The boat does as you say. This rarely happened. You [...]
December 15, 2008
The Geographies of a Ship, Part III: On Deck
Continuing our tour of the SSV Seamans… Climb out the ladder from the doghouse and you will find yourself on the quarterdeck of the Robert C. Seamans. The quarterdeck is a raised deck in the back of the ship, and–between the helm, compasses, and proximity to the doghouse–is essentially the center of the ship’s command. [...]
December 11, 2008
The Geographies of a Ship, Part I: Down Below
Thanks to a few principles of physics, ships are taller than they are wide. The world on board a ship is a vertically-stacked world, like a layer cake of labyrinths. Allow me to take you on a tour of the brigantine I called home. This will be a multi-part post. We will begin our tour [...]
