Navigation for Nine to Noon in Antarctica

Ice fishing

Ice fishing with Clive Evans

Clive Evans took Kathryn Ryan out to the sea ice off Ross Island to catch some Notothenioid fish, which they use to try to work out how they make anti-freeze and what this can teach us.

Kathryn Ryan ice fishing with Clive Evans (right).

Kathryn ice fishing near McMurdo.

The drill used to cut the fishing hole in the ice.

Clive Evans.

Ice fishing

Kathryn Ryan ice fishing in front of arrival heights with Clive Evans.

The fish are immediately placed into very cold water to ensure they survive.

The trematodes pennelli

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