Last Sunday the LMG (a ship, the Lawrence. M Gould) left Palmer Station for its last fishing cruise before going back north to Puenta Arenas. One of the science groups currently working at Palmer is researching a special kind of "whiteblooded" icefish, and a few of us Palmer crew were lucky enough to go along for the ride. We fished 4 days and 3 nights and returned on the 27th.
We got a great view of the backside of Mt. Williams on the way out.
Most of the time we spent "trawling" for fish with big nets that are dragged along the sea floor.
The rest of the time we dropped "pots" to be retrieved later.
It was wonderful to get away from the station for a few days, and we saw some spectacular sites. It'll be sad to see the ship finally leave with our friends in a week.
Jeff
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What are the slimy things in your mitts, bait?
ReplyDeleteOne of the shots is me holding anemones. The green slimy thing - I have no idea. We couldn't even say for sure whether it was animal or vegetable. All sorts of weird things come up in those nets and who even knows if they have names?
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