0 - Antarctic Science Bursaries

2009

Amber Annett (University of Edinburgh, UK)

For a determination of near-shore mixing rates for a nutrient budget of Ryder Bay by means of short-lived radium isotopes.

Use of radium isotopes to estimate mixing rates and trace sediment inputs to surface waters in northern Marguerite Bay, Antarctic Peninsula

Timothy Hawes (University of Otago, New Zealand)

To study the effect of UV exposure on the DNA of Antarctic Collembola.

Ultraviolet radiation tolerance of the Antarctic springtail, Gomphiocephalus hodgsoni

Nanna Karlsson (University of Hull, UK)

To study the North Polar Ice Cap on Mars.

Testing for flow in the north polar layered deposits of Mars using radar stratigraphy and a simple 3D ice‐flow model

Melanie Massaro (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

To investigate whether fluorescent yellow penguin feathers are reliable indicators of fitness and health?

Nerida Wilson (Scripps Oceanographic Institution, USA)

For testing gene flow along the Scotia Arc.

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