http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/Antarcticcyanobacteria I'm Anne Jungblut from the Botany Department. Join me as I head to Antarctica to study cyanobacterial diversity in ice-covered lakes of the Dry Valleys and Ross Island where already scientists on Scott's and Shakleton's expeditions made many discoveries. Thu, 11 Dec 2014 10:33:44 GMT Jive SBS 4.5.6.0 (http://jivesoftware.com/products/clearspace/) 2014-12-11T10:33:44Z http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/Antarcticcyanobacteria/2014/12/11/back-online-with-updates-from-lake-joyce-via-polartrec <!-- [DocumentBodyStart:6f60acaf-a922-4330-8feb-486877455bce] --><div class="jive-rendered-content"><p>Back online! We just got back from our wonderful field camp at Lake Joyce and are busy cleaning our camping equipment and repacking equipment and samples for shipping back to our home institutions. Meanwhile, <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.polartrec.com/expeditions/microbialites-in-lake-joyce-antarctica">here is an update</a> on what we have been doing during the last few weeks by Lucy Coleman. Lucy is a teacher in California and part of <a class="jive-link-external-small" href="http://www.polartrec.com">PolarTrec</a>, and in her blog she talks about the science happening on the cyanobacterial mats, microbialites, sampling, and camp life. </p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>PolarTrec is an amazing programme that allows teachers and researchers to come together through hands-on field experience in Antarctica. It is great to have a chance to work together and learn about teaching, education and outreach!</p><p style="min-height: 8pt; height: 8pt; padding: 0px;">&#160;</p><p>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/showImage/38-3985-89176/Polartrec.jpg"><img alt="Polartrec.jpg" class="jive-image" height="300" src="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/servlet/JiveServlet/downloadImage/38-3985-89176/450-300/Polartrec.jpg" width="450"/></a></p><p><strong>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Lucy working on blog, video and image updates that will later be taken back to the station and posted online.</strong></p></div><!-- [DocumentBodyEnd:6f60acaf-a922-4330-8feb-486877455bce] --> antarctica education outreach cyanobacteria lake_joyce mcmurdo_dry_valleys microbialites Thu, 11 Dec 2014 04:44:29 GMT http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/Antarcticcyanobacteria/2014/12/11/back-online-with-updates-from-lake-joyce-via-polartrec Anne D Jungblut 2014-12-11T04:44:29Z 3 years, 8 months ago 0 http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/Antarcticcyanobacteria/comment/back-online-with-updates-from-lake-joyce-via-polartrec http://www.nhm.ac.uk/natureplus/blogs/Antarcticcyanobacteria/feeds/comments?blogPost=3985