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	The R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, with the abandoned Norwegian whaling station, Grytviken, in the background.
	Video highlights from Tristan da Cunha (click the image to view). You will need the Quicktime player, available for free at www.apple.com/quicktime/download
	Video highlights from Bouvetoya Island (click the image to view). You will need the Quicktime player, available for free at www.apple.com/quicktime/download
	Bouvetoya Island, the most isolated island in the world, is a very grim place. Landing there is virtually impossible.
	Marine Technician TJ Hurlburt assesses the shore surf for a possible landing at Bouvetoya Island. We were not able to get ashore to fish with our beach seines. The Antarctic Pilot says that landing at Bouvetoya Island is "difficult under the best conditions.
	A bounty of Notothenia coriiceps captured by trap at Bouvetoya Island.
	Who says Americans can't play soccer? Bruce Sidell shoots on goal at Bouvetoya Stadium.
	Two of the four 3608 Caterpillar diesel engines of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer. The four operating simultaneously can generate 13,500 horse power.
	One clutch (yellow) and drive shaft (silver, right) serves each pair of diesel engines. Each of the drive shafts turns a 4-meter diameter propeller!
	The engineering spaces of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer are very efficiently laid out but also confined and hot. Because these spaces are so well insulated for polar work, normal operating temperatures are above 100 degrees F. Temperatures as high as 160 deg F have been recorded when the ship crosses the equator.
	Chief Engineer JP (Johnny Pierce) explains the functioning of the engineering spaces to ICEFISH participants. JP has served on the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer from the beginning of its service 12 years ago.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Bill Detrich Artistic interpretation of a Cape Pigeon in flight over the South Atlantic.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Herb Baker An abandoned sealing vessel at Grytviken whaling station.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Zachary Marion Candlemas Island, South Sandwiches, as viewed from the bridge of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Romolo Fochetti Sunset on South Georgia, the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer at King Edward Point.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Florian Leese The RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer breaking ice at night near Bristol Island, South Sandwich chain.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Ennio Cocca Sun, sea, and icebergs, South Georgia
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Steven Young Dawn, South Georgia, June 9, 2004
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Joseph Eastman A typical Falkland's winter landscape.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Marino Vacchi The abandoned Norwegian whaling station, Grytviken, nestles beneath the South Georgia mountainsNear dawn a blue iceberg stands out against the pink sky.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by David Stein Near dawn a blue iceberg stands out against the pink sky.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Craig Marshall Pancake ice near Bristol Island.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Shane Windsor An elephant seal resting behind a whale bone on South Georgia.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Federico Mazzei A painted shrimp flies off an iceberg silouette.
	A Participant Favorite Photo by Tony North Several expedition members at the bow of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer, South Georgia. Left to right, front: Chief Scientist William Detrich, Carl Hansen, Toby Koffman, Christopher Jones, and Christoph Held. Back: David Stein, Susanne Lockhart, Cate Cornell, and Phil Ross.
	A Participant Favorite Dr. di Prisco bleeds a notothenioid fish for his work on adaptation of hemoglobins.
	A Participant Favorite Jacob Kendrick assists Christoph Held in removing mouth parasites from a large Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides.
	The cod end is lifted by a winch so that the catch can be released. Because the days are so short, most of our fishing occurs at night.
	A magnificent catch. Though dominated by invertebrates, we collected more than 250 fish from this haul. Note the boulder that we also "caught".
	Christopher Jones culling the Bouvetoya catch for fish. He reports a surprising change in species composition in comparison to the South Sandwiches, our previous location.
	Susanne Lockhart and Andrew Thurber sorting the benthic invertebrates from the trawl. The temperature was approximately -10 deg C, with a windchill of about -35 deg C on this fine evening.
	Staff and Year 8 & 9 Students following the ICEFISH cruise from the Diocesan School, Auckland.
	The R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer breaking through pack ice near Bristol Island, the South Sandwich Archipelago. Approximately 59 South, 26.6 West.
	Traps are recovered off the starboard side of the vessel using a hydraulic pot hauler.
	A high flyer with radio beacon and a buoy mark the location of a set of fish traps. Note the 15-ft wave in the background.
	Trap recovery can be a wet experience!
	Cape Pigeons and many other species of birds seemingly enjoy flying around our vessel.
	Two Adelie Penguins on sea ice near Bristol Island in the South Sandwiches. The penguin on the left is tobogganing, or sliding on its belly while pushing with its feet.
	An inquisitive Gentoo penguin on South Georgia walks towards photographer Shane Windsor.
	Greetings from some of the British Antarctic Survey personnel at their King Edward's Point station, South Georgia. Thirteen people, including three biologists, are spending the winter on the base.
	The grave of Sir Ernest Shackleton, the British Antarctic Explorer and Leader of the Endurance Expedition.
	Bill presents a comemorative R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer plaque to Frin (Dr. Katherine Ross), Chief Scientist of the British Antarctic Survey base at King Edward's Point. The BAS personnel welcomed us warmly during our all-too-brief visit. (photo by Florian Leese)
	Some of the processing equipment at the abandoned Norwegian whaling station of Grytviken.
	On the Lighter Side Surgeons worked round the clock for three days to reconstruct 18 ft. Otter Trawl nicknamed "Baby Jessica." The heroic net captured the hearts of all personnel onboard the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer during the week she clung to life.... [More on Baby Jessica]
	Four intrepid ICEFISH participants (left to right Zachary Marion, Cate Cornell, Kristen Kuhn, and Phil Ross) are about to fish Stanley harbor using one of the Zodiac inflatable boats behind them.
	Lukhanyiso Vumazonke of the South African Institute of Aquatic Biodiversity holds a skate that was collected near the Falkland Islands.
	Captain Robert Verret (left) of the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer took the Governor General of the Falkland Islands, Howard Pearce (right), and his wife on a tour of the ship and demonstrated its many advanced features for polar marine science.
	Graduate student Cate Cornell of the Dept. of Biology at Northeastern University preparing DNA from the blood cells of a notothenioid fish.
	The mackerel icefish Champsocephalus gunnari. Note the parasitic leaches (orange) attached to the body. We should capture specimens of this fish near South Georgia.
	The blackfin icefish Chaenocephalus aceratus. In the foreground are several invertebrates, including a shell, an anemone, and a pencil urchin (cidaroid).
	Jamee Johnson, a Marine Technician who works for Raytheon Polar Services, holding a Patagonian toothfish that we caught in a fish trap May 24th.
	Trawl catch.
	Kristen Kuhn of the University of Delaware Marine Science Center holds a one-pound specimen of the Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides).
	Captain Robert Verret (right) and Second Mate, John Souza (left).
	Research Vessel Nathaniel B. Palmer at the dock in Punta Arenas, Chile, May 13, 2004.
	The Aft Dry Lab. Part of the 4,600 sq. ft. of lab space on board the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer.
	A Cape Pigeon that was flying next to the ship. Its wing span is about 40 cm.
	Research vessel in a storm.
	Male elephant seal.
	Fur seal under water.
	Humpback whales.
	Leopard Seal growling.
	Pink moon over Bonaparte.
	Bill Detrich at the South Pole.
	Bill Detrich taking a dip in polar waters. Brrr!