Kind of a Big Deal

I don't know if you're aware, but this cruise is kind of a big deal. It took years of planning, the cooperation of different universities all over the world, and a whole lot of work. The people at National Geographic thought it was cool enough to send three reporters - a photographer, a science writer, and a videographer.

So it shouldn't surprise you that I'm not the only one blogging. This blog is primarily meant to be educational and is part of the LEEFS program at Columbia University. But if you want to learn more about some of the projects going on here and get some different perspectives, here is the list of blogs being kept:

www.hamilton.edu/antarctica
This is kept by Kim Roe, a graduate student working on the cruise.

www.oceanswide.org
Buzz Campbell writes this one, and he's been working out here in Antarctica for a long time.

http://glacieradventures.blogspot.com
Martin Truffer - he's from Alaska and knows all about snow and ice.

http://iceshelf.wordpress.com/
This is kept by Terry Haran and Ted Scambos (the guy with the AMIGOS) at the National Snow and Ice Data Center

http://blogs.ngm.com/blog_central/2010/01/what-happened-to-larsen-b.html
This is the National Geographic blog. I bet they'll have some great photos there!

www.poolwijs.ugent.be
This blog is kept by the team running the Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV). They're from Gent University in Belgium. And you can follow the ROV on twitter @ROV_Suzee (yes, they named the ROV Suzee).

http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/expeditions/blog_antarctica/Larissa_cruise.html

This is kept by Craig Smith and Laura Grange, who work on marine ecosystems at the University of Hawaii.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/Ice
More marine ecosystems, this time by Maria Vernet and Mattias Cape of Scripps Institution of Oceanography.

And don't forget, I'm also on twitter @Ms_T_at_Sea. I meant to post this list a while ago, but I forgot to. Sorry about that! But please check out these blogs and let me know what you think. FYI, the photo is one of the NBP that I took from the zodiac a few days ago.