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Sea ice microbial communities (SIMCO) in the Western Antarctic Peninsula Region

PI: Christian H. Fritsen

Figure 1 A. Accessing ice floes via personnel basket. B. Obtaining ice cores for physical, chemical and biological analysis. C. Measuring ice and snow thickness. D. Sea ice bacteria (ca. 4 micrometers in length) stained with SYBER Gold and viewed with epifluorescence microscopy.

Figure 1.A-D: Field work