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huwiceandstuff.bsky.social
Polar marine biologist (Antarctic & Arctic) with @bas.ac.uk . Walks a lot and takes lots of photos! 🇦🇶🏳️‍🌈🦀🐚🐟 Same handle on Instagram He/Him/His
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PhDone!!! Passed my viva with minor corrections! Thanks to @egmitchell.bsky.social @huwiceandstuff.bsky.social @rowanwhittlebas.bsky.social and Andrea Manica for supervising, and Prof Rob Fletcher and @dralexdunhill.bsky.social for examining!

submitted 7 days ago • 1 comment

Surfing dolphins in the Falklands! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 49 days ago • 1 comment

Good morning from the Falklands! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 49 days ago • 2 comments

Hello A23a! The world’s biggest iceberg! Stretching as far as we can see! #biopole2 @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

submitted 54 days ago • 23 comments

What happens when giant #icebergs start to fall apart! #biopole2 #antarctica #southgeorgia #ice #A23a @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 56 days ago • 2 comments

The world’s biggest iceberg, A23a, emerges from the fog! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 56 days ago • 6 comments

Breaching #humpbacks and diving #southernrightwhales! Even on a misty day #biopole2 doesn’t disappoint! #whales #antarctica @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 59 days ago • 1 comment

Chinstrap #penguins #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 60 days ago • 1 comment

Humpback whale in the crystal clear Antarctic water! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 62 days ago • 2 comments

The perfect day for Antarctic science. #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

Minke mania today! Minke #whales came to check us out! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 63 days ago • 0 comments

Another berg faces the storm! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 65 days ago • 4 comments

#iceberg vs #storm! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 65 days ago • 4 comments

#iceberg drifting by as the #storm builds! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 65 days ago • 1 comment

A #seapig: a type of #seacucumber or #holothurian. This one comes from 600 m down near the South Orkney Islands off #Antarctica. #BIOPOLE2 @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

submitted 66 days ago • 0 comments

This whale really wanted us to know it was there! #BIOPOLE2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Views from today! #BIOPOLE2

submitted 69 days ago • 1 comment

Cape petrels ride out the #windy weather as we sail southward into the Weddell #Sea! #Antarctica #BIOPOLE2 #wildlife @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

submitted 71 days ago • 1 comment

Yesterday we caught some beautiful #seaspiders! These gorgeous pycnogonids come from 500 m deep near the South Orkney Islands in #Antarctica. #BIOPOLE2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 72 days ago • 2 comments

Chinstrap #penguin, swimming under water! #biopole2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 72 days ago • 1 comment

Stunning view of a #humpback #whale in the sunshine! #BIOPOLE2 has been blessed with #wildlife encounters! @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

submitted 74 days ago • 3 comments

Sampling with a view… #BIOPOLE2 #iceberg

submitted 75 days ago • 0 comments

Tiny chinstrap #penguin on a big berg! #BIOPOLE2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 76 days ago • 2 comments

Happy #saintdavidsday! Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Cooking 120 Welsh cakes with fellow Welsh @bas.ac.uk and @biopole.bsky.social member Geraint, with supervision from chef Steve! #BIOPOLE2

submitted 76 days ago • 0 comments

Today’s view from the porthole! #BIOPOLE2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 76 days ago • 1 comment

How do you monitor ocean processes and ecosystems over a long time period? 📢 Introducing the Western Core Box (or WCB for short!) WCB is a @bas.ac.uk program of observations about ocean processes and marine ecosystems near to South Georgia.

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

“I spy with my little eye” - spy-hopping is when a whale raises its head out of the water. These humpbacks were taking a look at us and giving us a view of their barnacles. #BIOPOLE2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Some shots of the humpback #whale magic. A whole morning of being surrounded by huge animals who were watching us as much as we were watching them! #bippole2 #marinebiology #antarctica #wildlife #nature #animals @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 77 days ago • 2 comments

That's me in orange and that's a humpback #whale tail behind me. Thanks to Braydon for taking the photo! #BIOPOLE2 @bas.ac.uk @biopole.bsky.social

submitted 78 days ago • 5 comments

How close were the humpback whales today? This close! #BIOPOLE2 @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

submitted 78 days ago • 3 comments

The early days of the BIOPOLE II science cruise on the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough included trialling instruments in preparation for three phases of science: 🦐 Western Core Box 💧 A23 hydrographic transect 🧊 BIOPOLE Here’s a summary of what we’ve been up to so far ⬇️ www.instagram.com/reel/DGif314...

submitted 78 days ago • 0 comments

Views from today. #biopole2

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

After dark on the #RRSSirDavidAttenborough. Search lights in the fog! #biopole2 @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

submitted 79 days ago • 1 comment

Snowing again

submitted 80 days ago • 1 comment

Finished my #SouthGeorgia #whale drawing. Using ink dots to draw the species of whale we saw last week: Blue, Humpback and Southern Right whale! #BIOPOLE2 @biopole.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

submitted 80 days ago • 2 comments