Setting up for microbiology and core curation

While our drillers are hard at work moving forward towards geological drilling, our newly arrived science team are working at lightning speed to get prepared for when we have our first core on deck.

They’ve dug out a pit for cold storage of microbiology samples. These need to be kept at around -20°C.

The warm science container has been transformed into a lab, ready to X-ray cores and take sediment samples for microbiological analysis.

The team were thrilled to find a note from last season left with the lab supplies wishing them well! 

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 Core workshop findings indicate past Ross Ice Shelf collapse and West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat

Core workshop findings indicate past Ross Ice Shelf collapse and West Antarctic Ice Sheet retreat

09 July 2026

Analysis from our core description workshop supports the initial observations made in the field – our Antarctic sediment core holds a record of an open marine environment, far closer to…

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Core workshop gets underway

Core workshop gets underway

03 June 2026

We’ve just opened the best present ever – our first sediment core, retrieved from under the West Antarctic Ice Sheet last season.

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