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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday February 13 2018, @05:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the studying-where-the-calf-came-from dept.

The ecosystem in between the Larsen Ice Shelf and a giant iceberg is due to be studied:

Scientists will set out in the next week to study an Antarctic realm that has been hidden for thousands of years.

A British Antarctic Survey-led team will explore the seabed ecosystem exposed when a giant iceberg broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula in 2017.

The organisation has also released the first video of the berg, which covers almost 6,000 sq km.

[...] British Antarctic Survey marine biologist Dr Katrin Linse, who is leading the mission, said that the calving of the iceberg, which has been named A68, provides researchers with "a unique opportunity to study marine life as it responds to a dramatic environmental change". "It's important we get there quickly before the undersea environment changes as sunlight enters the water and new species begin to colonise," she explained, adding that the mission was "very exciting".

Also at Live Science.

Related: Antarctic Larsen C Ice Shelf to Calve; Halley VI Research Station Plans Move
Larsen C Rift Branches as it Comes Within 5 km of Calving
Larsen C Calves Trillion Ton Iceberg
That Huge Iceberg Should Freak You Out. Here's Why


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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by bob_super on Tuesday February 13 2018, @06:28PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Tuesday February 13 2018, @06:28PM (#637216)

    Right ... "We need to study this quickly" ... Suuuuuuure.

    What i see is that a bunch of nerds are going to fly off South for a relaxing vacation in the midnight sun, while pretending to do "hard work".
    I'm sure that "zooplankton" and "two big bergs on starboard!!" are codenames for ogling females while feigning to watch birds with those big goggles.
    Shameful...

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by PartTimeZombie on Tuesday February 13 2018, @08:01PM

    by PartTimeZombie (4827) on Tuesday February 13 2018, @08:01PM (#637246)

    I have helpfully linked a typical beach scene from the Antarctic peninsula here. [wikimedia.org]

    I suppose you could wear a bikini if you really wanted, but according to Accuweather [accuweather.com] it is something like -6 C at the moment.

    I did read a piece on Modern Drunkard a while back about the amount of drinking that goes on during the winter and it sounds like those guys party hard when it's dark.

    Still modded you +1 funny.