By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 2, Mount Siple We arrived off Mount Siple on the afternoon of 10 February in lovely calm weather. Ice-free areas were visible from some distance away, but […]

 By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 3, The first two days… Welcome to all the newbies on Leg 3! The birding team of Fabrice and Peter will be on deck while the ship […]

By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 2, Peter the First to Diego Ramirez and Punta Arenas The transit from Peter the First to Diego Ramirez took place well offshore from the west coast […]

 By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 2, Mount Siple to Peter the First We left the ROPOS site at 74°S, southwest of Mount Siple, early on 12 February and back-tracked through the iceberg […]

By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 2, Day 5. Today was more of a whaler’s day than a birder’s – with close to 200 cetaceans seen from at least five species, there were […]

  By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 2, Day 6. Finally we reached the ice, and the associated sea-ice avifauna. Altogether, five new bird species were seen. The early risers were rewarded with […]

  By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 2, Mertz to Balleny Today (3 February) we celebrated day 45– the halfway mark for ACE. Over the last few days, the long hours of daylight […]

By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 2: Balleny to Scott On 5 February, we celebrated crossing the date line by re-living the day twice, after moving forward an hour and backwards a day. […]

     By Peter Ryan, onboard scientist, expert in general ornithology, seabird-fishery interactions, evolutionary ecology, marine debris, solid waste management, biology of oceanic islands. Leg 2, Scott Island We arrived off Scott Island late on our second 5 February, and a brief clearing in the grey skies and light snow […]