By Rolf Gradinger, UiT The Arctic University of Tromsø
January 3rd nineteen scientists from Norwegian, Canadian and Polish institutions embarked RV Helmer Hanssen for a two week long expedition into the Barents Sea. Our science mission is to evaluate the winter time activity of the marine food web, from tiny bacteria and microalgae to fish. We are specifically interested in understanding any bi
By Frida Cnossen and Ingvild Ytterhus Utengen, Akvaplan-niva
Greetings from 78 degrees North! We have just spent 12 days on a research cruise for the PolarFront project onboard RV Helmer Hanssen collecting and identifying a variety of macrozooplankton and pelagic fish. We have also looked at fish stomachs and collected samples for stable isotope analysis to study trophic interactions.
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By MSc student Lars Ursem (lars.ursem@wur.nl)
When writing this it has been over a week since I left Tromsø to go on this research cruise to the polar front. Unfortunately, we do not have a dedicated marine mammal and seabird survey going on onboard as we have encountered a lot of wildlife over the past few days.
In terms of birds there is, of course, the “normal” stuff with northern fulmar
