Tiny plants beneath northern sea ice feed all marine life. But
warming temperatures and shrinking ice cover are changing the
timing of spring phytoplankton blooms and causing some species
to thrive while others decline. Aboard the R/V Oscar Dyson,
scientists will study this spring’s sea-ice retreat and
phytoplankton bloom in the Bering Sea off Alaska. Follow Lamont
plankton ecologist Beth Stauffer as she blogs from the field.
Location: Bering Sea, off Kodiak, Alaska Team: Beth Stauffer,
Kali McKee Purpose: Arctic Sea Ice and Plankton Research Start
Date: April 26, 2012 to May 9, 2012 The R/V Oscar Dyson pulled
into Dutch Harbor, Alaska on May 9 after a hectic few final
days! We are now starting to sift through the hundreds of
samples and a hard-drive worth of data we shipped back,
unpacking our eleven boxes of gear, and re-packing perhaps even
more for an upcoming cruise off the coast of Brazil. Thanks to
everyone who helped make our cruise aboard the R/V Oscar Dyson
such a success! After another day spent hi