Winter research in Melimoyu: a selection of photos

We left Melimoyu on the 13th of June after a great three week stay. I am very pleased at how good the weather was and how much we were able to go out to sea and sample. Here is a selection of the best photos from our very successful winter campaign:

Arriving in Melimoyu on the Pincoya.
Credit: Oliver Alarcon

The Patagonia Sur research vessel: Chucao I.

Credit: Oliver Alarcon

Preparing the phytoplankton net.
Credit: Oliver Alarcon

Up comes the phytoplankton net!
Credit: Susannah Buchan

Hauling up a heavy zooplankton net!

Credit: Alex Machuca

Zooplankton net and Melimoyu volcano in the background!
Credit: Alex Machuca

Krill sample.

Credit: Sebastian Yancovic

A bigger-eyed, deeper-water species of krill that we have found in these winter trawls: Nematocelis megalops. 

Credit: Sebastian Yancovic

A pipefish in our trawl sample (Sygnathus sp).

Credit: Sebastian Yancovic 

Rough seas!
Credit: Susannah Buchan

Oliver bringing up the Niskin bottle for collecting seawater samples.
Credit: Sebastian Yancovic

Bottling the seatwater sample from the Niskin bottle.
Credit: Sebastian Yancovic

Our samples! Credit: Susannah Buchan

The dappled back of a blue whale on the 7th of June.
Credit: Oliver Alarcon

Frost on the Patagonia Sur guest house.
Credit: Oliver Alarcon

Black-browed Albatros and the Melimoyu volcano. Amazing!
Credit: Oliver Alarcon

Reading the Multiparameter sensor.
Credit: Sebastian Yancovic

Casting the CTD sensor...
Credit: Sebastian Yancovic 

Up comes the CTD!
Credit: Sebastian Yancovic

Melimoyu volcano and clouds...
Credit: Susannah Buchan

Melimoyu volcano and more clouds...
Credit: Susannah Buchan

Leaving the Gulf behind and entering Refugio Channel after a long day of sampling...
Credit: Susannah Buchan 

Sunset in Melimoyu Bay from the house.
Credit: Sebastian Yancovic