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This morning we were ready to go trawling at Shag Rocks.

After fishing on the north side of South Georgia for a couple of days, we decided to move around to the south side.  

Finally this morning we arrived at South Georgia and began fishing in earnest.

How can you help this world-first study being conducted by the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, the University of Sydney and the Australian Museum?

What do the Tasmanian Devil, Tamar Wallaby and Platypus all have in common other than all being native Australian mammals?

You can imagine by now that we are all champing at the bit to arrive at South Georgia and begin our next round of sampling.

What attracts museum research scientist Dr Nerida Wilson to the Scotia Arc, a series of islands linking South America to Antarctica?

Words and memories bring Inuit-Eskimo cultures to life.

One of the Museum's biggest objects is so big that we have never seen all of it at once.

How much can be said about the process of putting some shells in a new box? Possibly more than you'd think!

In February, we received a visit from artists and staff from Erub Erwer Meta (Darnley Island Arts Centre).

Today I asked one of our scientists (who had never been on an Antarctic research cruise before) what she thought of the operation so far.

En route to South Georgia.

We started the day with two muddy trawls. The ship came with some sieve tables, which are exactly as they sound: sieves as big as tables!

This expedition has not had an easy birth, but we are finally out and have started sampling.