JR18007. SD046. PS152. These are research expeditions I’ve joined as a marine scientist with the British Antarctic Survey. Even their
names are numbers and abbreviations. Fitting for the world of scientists, who seem to have a particular affection for both. Each one brought a different ship, crew, location, and science quest, but all of them guaranteed quite the journey…

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Jen Freer
Voicing the human experience of polar science

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From Magma 96, The Antarctic 

 

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