By Ximena Aguilar, Juan Pardo, Emmanuel Brempong and Merissa Naidoo | “No woman should say, ‘I am but a woman!’ But a woman! What more can you ask to be?” In the words of the pioneer astronomer and feminist- Maria Mitchell, simply being a woman is enough. From the shore to the depths of ...[Read more]

By Mara Gomes, MARE FCiencias, University of Lisbon (Portugal) | Marine phytoplankton, the floating microalgae of our oceans, plays an important role in the Earth system. On one hand they are the main primary producers in our oceans and on the other hand critically influencing the biogeochemical ...[Read more]

By Amabelle Go, Sian Seymour, Stacy Ballyram, Yoania Perez, Ahmad Mohamed | One of the core modules for this expedition is the Oceanography module. This is where we get the opportunity to gain some hands-on experience using different oceanographic instruments as well as analysing the data we ...[Read more]

My name is Lantovololona Felaniaina ….huh…for short Felana. I come from Madagascar, the land of lemurs and the land of long named people. Since my childhood, I have always wanted to be an international scientist, firstly to travel the world and secondly to represent my country as an eminent ...[Read more]

By Luciana Shigihara Lima | Hello, I’m Luciana from Brazil. Since I was a child I felt a deep connection with the ocean and already knew what I wanted to be when grown up. When I was five years old, I kept asking to my parents questions such as why waves brake at the beach or why the ocean is ...[Read more]

By Angela, Anjana, Luciana, Vincent and Felaniaina | We were on “tenderhooks” for a day and a night worrying that the Research Vessel (R/V) Polarstern might have to leave without us. We had to stay one more night in Punta Arenas (Chile), because the plane that we were supposed to take ...[Read more]