Studying Antarctica’s Ross Sea: A Day’s Work in 60 Seconds

In WildlifeTags Cassandra Brooks, Ocean ViewsFebruary 21, 2013Leave a comment

Greetings from Terra Nova Bay, in the Ross Sea, Antarctica! I’ve put together this one-minute time lapse to share what it’s like to do science in the ice! Video narrated by Stanford Professor Rob Dunbar aboard the NSF icebreaker Nathaniel B. Palmer.

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Cassandra Brooks is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder studying international ocean policy, particularly focusing on marine protection in the Antarctic.

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