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Antarctic sea ice plays an important role in Southern Ocean biogeochemistry and mediating Earth's climate system. Yet our understanding of biogeochemical cycling in sea ice is limited by the availability of relevant data over sufficient temporal and spatial scales.

To understand the scope and scale of the loss of biodiversity, tools are required that can be applied in a standardized manner to all species globally, spanning realms from land to the open ocean.

Despite the widespread use and transport of fuels in Antarctica, there is very limited data available on the behaviour and weathering of these fuels in the Antarctic marine environment. The potential impacts of a fuel spill on marine biota are largely unknown.

The geographic distribution, stocks and vertical profiles of phytoplankton of the seasonal ice zone off … east Antarctica were determined during the 2005–2006 austral summer during the Baseline Research … on Oceanography, Krill and the Environment-West (BROKE-West) survey.

During austral spring 2003, mesoscale sea ice drift and deformation off East … Antarctica were investigated using in situ data from a nine-buoy array. Upon deployment, the array comprised an area of about 4000 km2 with a mean ice concentration of 96%.

Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) are globally threatened owing to declines in populations, and the breeding population of Macquarie Island is particularly vulnerable as it comprises fewer than 20 breeding … pairs.

This work has been the first application of DGT samplers for measuring metals in water and sediment porewater in the Antarctic … environment, and whilst DGT water sampling was restricted to quantification of Cd, Fe and Ni…

The dive duration of 16 underyearling (6-12 months old) southern elephant seals during their second trip to sea was investigated using geolocating time-depth recorders. Underyearling seals had a lesser diving ability, with respect to duration and depth, than adult southern elephant seals.