Ever been in the right place at the right time? Te Papa Fish Curator Dr Thom Linley joined an international team aboard the state-of-the-art research vessel Falkor to explore previously uncharted Antarctic areas exposed by retreating sea ice, in summer this year.
As luck would have it a section of the ice shelf the size of Chicago broke away, while the cutting-edge vessel, filled with the right tools and experts, just happened to be stationed right next door!
Within just a few days, the team were exploring 510 square kilometres that had previously been covered in a 150 metre-thick ice shelf for
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