Station AA

Lat - 63'S 03.26
Long - 61'W 35.53
Water Depth - 597m

We're at Station AA, our first stop - just got on site and have a CTD
in the water (to collect water and various measurements from the
water column - temperature, salinity etc etc). Short blog as I need
water from this station, so should probably go help record the data -
I'll be taking 4-5 litres of water to keep my baby corals growing in
- it's important to minimise as many factors as possible when trying
to keep animals alive - so having water from 600m depth (where they
usually live) rather than surface water to grow them up in will keep
another factor at bay. My next task will be getting some "coral food"
from the plankton tows.....

Despite all the pretty pictures of land, glaciers and penguins, we're
now in the "norm" for oceanographic sampling - nothing in sight
except the ocean.........water water everywhere.........though we did
see humpback whales on the transit yesterday, doing the tail flip and
all, that was special.