Institut für Chemie und Biologie des Meeres
Hello dear SONNE friends!
Today's blog entry is about the work of Prof. Dr. Gert Wörheide.
The following report was written by Gert Wörheide. He is a professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU) Munich and one of the sponge experts here on board of the R/V SONNE.
Hallo liebe Freunde der SONNE!
Es wird mal wieder Zeit, hier kommt nun ein weiteres Update über die Expedition SO254.
Ein Großteil der Forschungsfahrt ist geschafft – mittlerweile befinden wir uns wieder in nördlicheren Gewässern nahe der Ostküste von Neuseeland. Die Fahrt in Richtung 60°S an den Nordrand des Südpolarmeeres war begleitet von schlechtem Wetter und starkem Seegang, wir mussten sogar die Schutzklappen der Bullaugen unserer Kabinen und Labore verschließen. Wellen von bis zu über fünf Metern Höhe waren nicht unüblich und so wurde entschieden, nach zwei CTD-Stationen bei 50° und 52°S die Fahrt in Richtung Süden abzubrechen und nach Norden umzukehren.
Ahoy, dear SONNE friends!
Another day, another blog entry!
The following report was written by Marion Pohlner and Julius Degenhardt. The two scientists of the ICBM Oldenburg are from the research group Paleomicrobiology led by Prof. Dr. Heribert Cypionka.
Hi!
We are Julius Degenhardt and Marion Pohlner and today, we provide some insight into our research aboard R/V SONNE. We are scientists based at the ICBM Oldenburg and our work focuses on the seafloor.
Hello dear SONNE friends
It’s time again for a new blog entry! The following lines will provide an insight into the daily schedule of Kathrin Busch onboard R/V SONNE.
But first of all: Kathrin is a PhD student at GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel where she is working in the research unit ‘Marine Microbiology’ led by Prof. Dr. Ute Hentschel Humeida. The unit is partner of the EU-project SponGES, specifically focusing on deep-sea sponges of the North Atlantic. Here onboard the SONNE, marine biologist and deep-sea ecologist Kathrin is part of the sponge team led by Prof. Dr. Peter Schupp.
It’s time again for a new blog entry about our expedition SO254.
Meanwhile, we finished station 11 out of 22 and are located at 41° 6,930‘ S and 179° 50,104 W. Since the start of the research cruise in Auckland on the 28.01.2017, we steamed already more than 1500 nautical miles, i.e., nearly 2,900 km! This distance is equivalent to driving the Bundesautobahn 7 three times from the very North all the way to southernmost Germany.
For my colleagues and me there is an adventure ahead. Today (28.01.2017) at 17:00 NZ time our research cruise SO254 „PoriBacNewZ“ will start from Auckland into the subtropical and subantarctic waters of the Southwest Pacific before we return to Auckland (27.02.2017)! Originally, our departure was scheduled for the 26.1., but two out of the four Diesel engines were out of service due to a damage in the chiller system delaying our departure.
