David Honig is a graduate student in marine science at Duke University in the lab of Dr. Cindy Van Dover. He is participating in LARISSA, a 2 month multinational expedition to study the causes and consequences of the ice shelf collapse. He will be posting regular updates on the expedition exclusively for Deep Sea News readers!
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8 January 2010
Ice ho!
The Palmer is now navigating through tabular icebergs—massive chunks of free-floating ice shelf—as we make our way south through Antarctic Sound to our first work station near Vega Island.
