Useful Links

Some other sources for staying on top of what we’re up to:

• Get links to all the new blog posts, plus extra photos and short updates from Amelia, by liking the Expedition Antarctica page on Facebook or following Amelia’s Twitter feed

Links for NBP14-02 (January – March 2014)

• Follow the blogs by Dr Leanne Armand, an invited scientist from Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia; Dave Morgan, a student at Hamilton College in New York; the Colgate University group; and Glenn Clark, a wilderness studies and biology teacher at Parishville-Hopkinton Central School in Parishville, New York participating in the PolarTREC program
• Track the position of the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer on Sailwx.info
• Check out schematic drawings and specifications for the Palmer
• Keep abreast of the big picture for the US Antarctic Program at the National Science Foundation’s page for Polar Programs

Links for LMG13-11 (October – November 2013)

• Track the position of the R/V Laurence M. Gould on Sailwx.info
• Check out schematic drawings and specifications for the Gould
• Read the blog by students from Hamilton College for another perspective on the cruise

We made the local news (twice!) when this cruise was still in jeopardy due to the government shutdown:

• 10/15/2013: Govt. shutdown ices out USF scientists cruising to Antarctica – ABC Action News (with embedded video)
• 10/27/2013: USF Antarctica trip once on thin ice, back on – Bay News 9 (no video, but it did make the local broadcast)