For 44 days, nationalgeographic.com’s Mark Christmas bunked aboard an icebreaker in some of the stormiest seas on Earth, assisting an intrepid research team studying krill, a small creature key to life in Antarctica.
To show what it’s like to be on expedition off Antarctica, Mark sent back dispatches, video, audio, and photos—thankfully, his equipment didn’t freeze.
To study the winter life of krill, a keystone Antarctic species >>
Ice-choked waters off west Antarctica >>
37 scientists from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and other organizations >>
The R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, a 7,600-ton icebreaker >>
June 25: Back Home
“It occurred to me, as I watched and listened, that this was the opposite of my experience of the past six weeks. I was back in the world of the known, the familiar.”
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