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The man who listens to whales…

French below Brian Miller and his wife Elanor are on the Akademik Treshnikov to listen to the whales in the Southern Ocean. Bastien Confino (RTS) interviewed Brian, a researcher at the Australian Antarctic Division. – Brian, we are standing on the helipad at the back of the ship as the […]

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Image gallery: when the unexpected promotes science

  While heading to Peter 1st Island, David Walton, the chief scientist, and the other researchers on board decided to change the ship’s itinerary in response to the shifting ice floes. We were unexpectedly able to get close to Siple Island, whose main geographic feature is Mount Siple, a 3,110 […]

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Scott Island, a rocky outcrop rarely treaded

By Christian de Marliave, ACE expedition head of logistics/directeur logistique de l’expédition ACE.   Scott Island came into sight at 5pm on 5 February. It was our second 5 February at these latitudes this year: after leaving Cape Town, we sailed in the eastern longitudes, while Scott Island is located […]

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Heard Island: the intouched miracle

Wind speed 8 m.s-1   |   Temp air : 4.1°C   |   Temp water : 3.2°C   |   Latitude 52° S  |   Longitude 74° E Depuis deux jours, le navire vogue vers une île mystérieuse. Les plus pessimistes n’en attendent pas grand-chose. L’archipel volcanique serait recouvert de nuages 90% […]

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ACE birders’ blog – Leg 1, Day 3

By Peter Ryan, Onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 1, Day 3 Although we hoped to wake to Subantarctic waters, we remained in Agulhas waters, with warm-water species again predominating. But at least the ship was […]

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ACE birders’ blog – Leg 1, Day 2

 By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. ACE birders’ blog – Leg 1, Day 2 Instead of crossing into Subantarctic waters, the large swell (up to 16m according to the ship’s wave meter) forced the […]

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ACE birders’ blog – Leg 1, Day 1

By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 1, Day 1 Day 1 was an atypical day for ACE, travelling through the tropical waters of the Agulhas Current. As a result, we saw quite a […]

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