The science team on this board TEMPO includes 20 participants from three institutions, including Australian Antarctic Division (AAD), Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP), and University of Sydney. Science funds were contributed by AAD, Pew, AAPP and the Antarctic Science Foundation, with a grant of sea time provided by the CSIRO Marine National Facility.
VOYAGE BLOG
Scientists detect sudden loss of large Antarctic lake
Media Release: Scientists in Australia and the United States are reporting the sudden loss of a large ice-covered Antarctic lake which held more water than Sydney Harbour.
Krill research voyage ends in success
Media Release: The Australian Antarctic Program Partnership (AAPP) has welcomed the successful completion of a major krill research voyage into the Southern Ocean.
Why we study the ocean depths
Why do oceanographers send scientific instruments thousands of metres below the ocean surface?
Dreams come true!
Our researchers on board TEMPO sprang into action, when an unusually long and thick krill swarm appeared on the echogram.
Meet the Predator Observers
The Predator Observer team has recorded 445 sightings of marine mammals.
A quick KOMBI update
The TEMPO team has successfully deployed all three KOMBIs.
ABC Radio interviews Dr Rob King
‘The entire vessel is on a port list, because we’re being hit by a 40 knot wind that’s screaming down off Antarctica… it’s pretty spectacular!’
Eye-to-eye with a krill swarm
For decades scientists have wondered how the Antarctic krill population is distributed under the shield of Antarctic winter sea ice and the development of the KOMBI provides an opportunity to gain valuable clues at a time when humans cannot readily access this area.
KOMBIs away!
For decades scientists have wondered how the Antarctic krill population is distributed under the shield of Antarctic winter sea ice and the development of the KOMBI provides an opportunity to gain valuable clues at a time when humans cannot readily access this area.
TEMPO in transit
All the years of preparation to make this voyage a reality are now bearing fruit – or in this case krill.
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