Photos taken during fieldwork in Robert Island, maritime Antarctic (2022/23) and the McMurdo Dry Valleys, continental Antarctic (2023/24).
RRS Sir David Attenborough in the Falkland Islands (December 2022). Image: Matt Davey.
Travelling down the Antarctic Peninsula.
Reptile Ridge, Rothera Research Station.
Elephant Seals, Lagoon Island.
Adele penguin, Rothera Research Station.
Vegetation on Robert Island, Antarctica.
Fur seal on a moss bed.
Our home for three months.
M600 drone flight.
CO₂ gas exchange measurements of moss and lichen species. Image: Alex Thomson.
Chinstrap penguins.
Image: Alex Thomson.
Penguins aren’t only found on ice…
Drone flight. Image: Andrew Gray.
Penguin colony, Robert Island.
ASPA, Robert Island.
Lichen – Stereocaulon alpinum.
Lichen – Sphaerophorus globosus.
Robert Island ice cap.
Recording vegetation on Robert Island, Antarctica. Image: René Quinán/INACH.
Field samples at the end of the season.
Ready to depart to Scott Base from Christchurch, New Zealand (December 2023).
Landing on the Ross Ice Shelf.
Ross Ice Shelf.
Pressure ridges. Image: Gabi Koerich.
Image: Gabi Koerich.
Silver City crevasse. Image: Gabi Koerich.
Christmas day, Scott Base.
Fieldwork in the Dry Valleys. Image: Gabi Koerich.
Setting up camp, Pyramid Trough.
RTK base station to support the drone flights.
dGPS at Pyramid Trough.
Multispectral drone flight at Pyramid Trough, Antarctica. Image: Eva Nielson.
Field spectroscopy. Image: Eva Nielson.
Landing at Canada Glacier.
UAS flights over moss and cyanobacteria at Canada Glacier. Image: Eva Nielson.
Moss and cyanobacterial matts around Canada Glacier.
dGPS equipment, Canada Glacier. Image: Gabi Koerich.
Image: Gabi Koerich.
Image: Eva Nielson.
Image: Gabi Koerich.
Aug 5, 2024
