Crabeater Seals in front of Palmer Station
January 21, 2011
Today was almost identical to yesterday as the work day goes. We looked at penguin tracks and then figured out where we wanted to send the vehicle to investigate. We launched the vehicle and drove around for little bit making sure that everything was running smoothly.
After plugging in the second vehicle today we could tell it was not happy so we packed it up and are going to have to operate with only one vehicle from now on.
We got some great data back from the REMUS that went out today and other than our setback from the leaky vehicle we had another great day. We spent a couple of hours on the water today tracking the vehicle, which was really nice to be out and about doing something other than sitting at our desk.
We saw some crab eater seals hauled out on a piece of ice near the station, which is today's photo. We also saw the normal penguin groups going out to feed. Lots of boats from station have been seeing multiple whales in the area too, so it appears that they are arriving to feed in the local waters on their southern migration routes.
We saw some crab eater seals hauled out on a piece of ice near the station, which is today's photo. We also saw the normal penguin groups going out to feed. Lots of boats from station have been seeing multiple whales in the area too, so it appears that they are arriving to feed in the local waters on their southern migration routes.
Good night,
Ian
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