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
Getting the measure of krill
Media Release: Australian Antarctic Program scientists will use a range of novel technologies to measure krill, during a ground-breaking voyage to the Southern Ocean that departs tomorrow.
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New technologies will be deployed to study krill throughout the water column, from the surface to the sea floor. (Photo: Ulrich Freier)
The deep sea camera is attached to the bottom of the CTD which collects water at different depths for analysis. Photo: So Kawaguchi
The camera (silver housing in centre) and lights on either side to film sea floor habitat (and hopefully krill) at each deployment of the CTD. Photo: So Kawaguchi
Aurora Australis over the Southern Ocean. Photo: So Kawaguchi
Antarctic petrel. Photo Francis Chui
Iceberg. Photo: Merinda McMahon
A giant petrel shows off its 1m wingspan. Photo: Francis Chui
Predator observer Angus Henderson took this close-up of a wandering Albatross.
All cameras were out as this unusual iceberg hove into view. Photo: Jez Bird
A humpback whale and calf check out the ship. Photo: Jez Bird
Predator observers have been hard at work spotting the signs that food abounds in this productive Southern Ocean ecosystem, with numerous seabirds and whales passing by. Photo: Angus Henderson
The first krill of the TEMPO voyage, at 1000 metres deep, captured on a camera attached to the CTD instrument. Photo: So Kawaguchi