Author Archives: Matthew Oliver

Flat Stanley Rides a REMUS in Antarctica

Flat Stanley joined researchers at Palmer Station in Antarctica in search of penguins and environmental data about their feeding grounds in January.  This video showcases just how awesome this icon of international literacy and community can be. Armed with only … Continue reading

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Trip to Penguin Colony on Biscoe Point

Folks seem to like penguins….so much so that we even made the front page of the University of Delaware website! Hurray! This shot is of the Adélie penguin colony on Humble Island. We had just deployed a satellite transmitter on … Continue reading

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Antarctic Storm Moves In

Our streak of excellent weather has officially come to an end with a large low pressure system in the Drake Passage. The weather was even tough tough for the ever-working “birders” who were going to deploy a few satellite tags … Continue reading

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Penguins, AUV’s, Satellites: together at last

Can we merge satellite and AUV technology to learn about penguin foraging locations? Continue reading

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