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Researchers on the Antarctic count birds and mammals by helicopter
| Counts of seabirds and marine mammals are conducted by helicopter by the researchers on Expedition to the Antarctic. Research vessel Polarstern is... -
Researchers on Expedition to the Antarctic see fantastic light phenomena
| The researchers on Expedition to the Antarctic see beautiful halos with sundogs. Ice crystals in the atmosphere create these phantastic light... -
Numbers tell the tale during the Expedition to the Antarctic
| The researchers who are on an expedition to Antarctica would like to do some fishing under the ice, but they are not there yet. Measurements are now... -
First tests with SUIT ice net succesfull
| Now the weather is still good, some devices are tested which will be used later during the WHISKY expedition to Antarctica. -
Unusual visitors on board
| Although the ship for the WISKY expedition to the Antarctic was waiting several miles offshore, it still brought unusual visitors to the ship.
News
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Detonation cord in the stomach of a fulmar
| Recently, our German colleague Nils Guse published an interesting short paper in the journal SULA of the Dutch Seabird Group (NZG). -
Fulmar report for the Netherlands 2019
| A new report has been published on fulmar-plastic monitoring research conducted by Wageningen Marine Research. With help from many volunteer surveyors... -
British fulmars confirm decrease in plastic debris
| Monitoring of plastics in stomach of fulmars in the United Kingdom is coordinated by Wageningen Marine Research. This work implies close cooperation... -
Volunteers are invaluable in fulmar research
| The volunteers collecting beached fulmars from around the North Sea are absolutely invaluable. Without them, our monitoring study of plastics in the... -
Plastic in North Sea fish
| Researchers of Wageningen Marine Research studied the abundance of plastic in North Sea fish. In the North Sea, plastic pollution is common. Beside...