A Frenchman in the Antarctic Clement Georges , January 17 , 2013
I ’ m a French PhD student and I work on protist diversity , but on board I do flow cytometry to count bacteria and protists in the sea water .
It ’ s my first cruise and it ’ s very exciting to be heading so far South and approach the Antarctic continent and the ice edge . I am involved in a really exciting project which is really far from my PhD but I am learning a lot and people are really helpful . Especially , for a foreigner who has its first experience with only English native speakers .
One of the best things being at sea is that you are really close to the wildlife . Yesterday morning , I was taking my coffee on the deck , and at this moment a group of penguins were swimming just near the ship and they did this during all the sampling period .
Sophie Richier @ Clement Georges
And just to thank Sophie who helped me to write this message , a beautiful photograph of her at work .
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