July 2012 MOSJ cruise
The ECOTAB team has been invited to join the MOSJ cruise, onboard the norwegian R/V Lance, organized by the norwegian polar institute. The plan was to go to Kongsfjorden, Rijpfjorden and to the ice edge. This is a great opportunity to compare our "regular "study area, Kongsfjorden, which is highly influenced by the warm Atlantic water, with Rijpfjorden, a strictly Arctic fjord.
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| R/V Lance |   |
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| CTD/Rosette |   |
| Welcome to the ice edge! After an inspection of the ice flow, it is time to anchor us there, by drilling a big hole on the ice, and deploying the "anchor" there! |     |
| Ice coring time! looking for ice algae. |  |
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Encounter with hovercraft SABVABAA!
81°25’ N and 15°11’ E, while we thought to be alone, we meet 2 researchers from Bergen travelling on a air cushion boat.
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| Nice views in Kongsfjorden |   |
| Puffins! |  |
| Walruses swimming |  |
| Alive bearded seal |  |
| Dead seal... |  |
| and happy polar bear... |    |
| Time to go diving! |  |
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| Very successful dives! A lot of bivalves were collected! |   |
| As well as maerl! |  |
| And at the ice edge, the divers managed to collect a lot of ice algae which were still attached to the under of the ice. |  |
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Sediment traps deployment in Rijpfjorden. Although most of people were skeptical, yes we found back our traps and collected great data! |
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Trying the multicorer... Not very successful... |
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| But luckily, our dear single corer "Boris" saved us! |  |
| Nice mud! |  |
| And plenty of residents! |  |
| Time for incubations! |  |