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Team conducting important scientific discussions
A birds eye view of scientific productivity! In the foreground, Craig Herbold, Morgan Langille and Ian McDonald traverse the ice toward the Tramway Ridge protected area. Meanwhile, Brad Tebo and Hubert Staudigel survey a nearby ridge for use as
Collecting samples at Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus. In the background, to the left is the snowmobile parking lot. Regulations state that snowmobiles cannot get any closer to the protected area. Beyond that lies a panoramic view of the Ross Sea
Collecting soil samples on the south-facing slope in the Miers Valley
Sampling underneath a seal on the north-facing side of the Miers Valley
Looking for high-temperature soil to sample: Nov. 2009: collecting samples at Tramway Ridge, Mt. Erebus wearing protective suits to minimise contamination of the study site. A relatively ice-free Ross Sea can be seen stretching over to the Transantarctic
Collecting soil samples at Tramway Ridge
Pond sampling on Bratina Island: note the orange cyanobacteria mat and a residual piece of ice remaining in the bottom of the pond.
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Album: Photos from K023 studying Life at the Extreme: Resolving the Genetic Basis of Microbial Endemism in the Super-Heated Soils of Mt Erebus
