IN2017_T01: Natural iron fertilisation of oceans around Australia

24 September – 8 October 2017

Natural iron fertilisation of oceans around Australia: linking terrestrial dust and bushfires to marine biogeochemistry.

Sydney to Broome

Educators: Christian Halverson and Chantelle Cook

Tuna

Day 10 Bringing some of the details together: Christian Halverson

The study I have been most involved with should be a little obvious to those who know me—spatial and temporal […]

Day 9 Go west!: Chantelle Cook

Yesterday afternoon, Chris and I had our engine room part two tour. It started off inside the drop keel! Due […]

Terns

Day 9 CPR – no, nothing has gone wrong: Christian Halverson

We all know what CPR normally stands for and it usually involves someone in a remarkably poor state, but not […]

dolphins

Day 8 Land ahoy!: Chantelle Cook

Today, we sighted land for the first time in quite a while! Overnight, we hit the tip of Australia and […]

Day 8 E for Engineering: Christian Halverson

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics to a science teacher, at times, seems a bit of a buzzword. Yet, I have […]

water analysis

Day 7 Hydrochemistry 101: Chantelle Cook

Today’s tour was the hydochem lab. As soon as you entered the room, your senses were awakened—bleach and acid fill […]

Testing

Day 7 Water analysis for the uninitiated: Christian Halverson

In primary schools and high schools, you often get the chance to contribute to the study of your local rivers […]

winch

Day 6 That’s not a winch – THIS is a winch!: Chantelle Cook

The Investigator is pretty enormous. It is 94 metres long with 10 levels; 60 berths, which house up to 20 […]

Day 6 More teams to visit across the ship: Christian Halverson

As we near the more northern parts of Australia, the crew is gearing up to do more of the research […]