A Compelling Illusion of Integrity
[Excerpted from Duke Antarctic Project Blog] [dropcap4 color="green"]E[/dropcap4]xperiencing the Antarctic during the late autumn is a privilege, and something I wish I could share with many. When it...
View ArticleSouthern Ocean GLOBEC predator synthesis
[dropcap4 color="green"]W[/dropcap4]e got great news this week as our predator synthesis paper for the Southern Ocean GLOBEC project was fully accepted for publication in the journal Deep Sea Research....
View ArticleDuke Alumni Trip on this ship!
This is video of the Clelia II on her way back from the WAP. She was about 800 miles from Ushuaia. She took a large wave over bridge which blew in a window and doused some electronics. No major damage,...
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Western Antarctic Peninsula, January 2011
I’ve just returned from an amazing trip to the Western Antarctic Peninsula (WAP). I’m tired, a little sick, but extremely happy after leading a group of Duke Alumni on a cruise-ship expedition of the...
View ArticleGentoos get ‘caught on the inside’
On our latest trip to the Western Antarctic Peninsula we spent a sunny morning watching a glacier calve icebergs repeatedly into Neko Harbour, on the shore of Andvord Bay. The video below shows one set...
View ArticleAbstracts for Upcoming Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals
Our lab has several abstracts accepted for presentation at the upcoming 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. The conference is being held in Tampa, FL during November 28 to...
View ArticleAntarctic Alumni Trip 2012
I’ve just returned from an extended trip that included a 10 day trip to the Western Antarctic Peninsula region with a group of fantastic Duke Alumni. Ari Friedlaender and I hosted this group of...
View ArticleCachalot Presentation to Duke Trustees
Traveling often means that you miss out on things at home. I really miss my wife and kids while out on research trips, and besides missing my family while on this last set of travels I also missed out...
View ArticleNew paper on humpback whale densities
We’ve just got a new paper published in Endangered Species Research that provides the first estimates of humpback whale density in the late fall/early winter in the waters of the Western Antarctic...
View ArticleTwo Johnston Lab projects featured in latest Duke Environment Magazine
[photo size='small' align='right']http://superpod.ml.duke.edu/johnston/files/2011/02/NtN_story_spinners.jpg[/photo]Just a brief update to point people towards a couple of features in the Nicholas...
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Palmer Long-term Ecological Research Program: Rise of the Megafauna
Zach Swaim and I have just returned from a 6-week excursion to the deep south, to further incorporate and expand marine mammals studies into the epic Palmer Long-term Ecological Research (LTER)...
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