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 20. Another calm but cool day on the Akademik Tryoshnikov found us steaming south-southeast on the great circle route towards Hobart. The protracted CTD station […]

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 18 – January 7th, 2017. Finally a day without gale force winds! Early on, the sea lacked whitecaps for the first time in ages, 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 1, Day 15 – January 4th, 2017. Despite initially rather murky weather, we managed 12 hours of transects during the long detour south of Kerguelen. A respectable […]

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 14 Rough weather today prevented access to the bow, so we were forced to observe from the bridge. This seemed overly cautious as the bow […]

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 10 – December, 2016. We awoke to smooth seas and a gentle following wind; excitement was high for landfall on the western Crozets and the […]

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 9 – December, 2016. After steaming overnight from the Prince Edwards, we made good speed east towards the Crozets with a view to arriving off […]

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 8 – December, 2016. After a somewhat delayed departure from Marion due to high winds, the shore party and Jess Berndt were returned to the […]

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, Marion Island – December 2016. The first port of call on leg 1 of ACE was Marion Island, the larger of the two Prince Edward Islands. […]

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 5 – December , 2016. After a frustrating night when the ship went backwards, we awoke well north of Marion, beating slowly SW into a […]