Juillet 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. | ![]() |
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. | ![]() |
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! | ![]() |