A scientific log from the Southern Ocean
Helen Czerski reports from a scientific expedition in the Southern Ocean on board the British Antarctic Survey ship James Clark Ross
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Muddy history books borrowed from the ocean floor library
Helen Czerski: Dig down through the seabed sediment and you are looking back in time to what the planet was like thousands of years ago
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At last, the weather arrives and I can collect dataAs her expedition in the Southern Ocean gets rougher, Helen Czerski realises how much she takes gravity for granted
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Where have all the bubbles gone? An oceanographer prays for rougher seas
A becalmed Helen Czerski in the Southern Ocean hopes for winds to whip up the sea and create the bubbles she is studying
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Day one: Penguins, sheep, playing pirates … and a faulty bubble detector
Final preparations for the scientific cruise have been made, but Helen Czerski got a nasty surprise when she tested the resonators she must use to measure bubbles
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Join me on a voyage of discovery in the Southern Ocean
On Tuesday Helen Czerski and her colleagues embark on a scientific cruise in the Southern Ocean to learn more about the Earth's climate system
Antarctic researchers answer your questions – live ship-to-land Q&A