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My career in marine biology started with an undergraduate placement in Hawaii, which extended to research in Panama, where my work on corals began. During my honours and PhD my research shifted to deep sea corals across four Antarctic field seasons and diving work in Patagonia. In the 2017 I participated in my 5th expedition, … Continue reading Narissa Bax

My name is Zdenka Sokolíčková. My educational background is not easy to translate into English. At the Faculty of Philosophy, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic, I studied a Master programme entitled Theory of Culture (Kulturologie in Czech). Neither cultural studies, nor cultural anthropology. It was a mixture of social sciences and humanities, and the interdisciplinary … Continue reading Zdenka Sokolíčková

Rachel Downey I am a British PhD student based at the Australia National University, Australia and the British Antarctic Survey, UK. My research focuses on the distribution and diversity of sponges, and the biogeography of sponges and species associated with sponges, such as fish, crustaceans and annelids, in the Antarctic, sub-Antarctic and deep-sea environments. Sponges … Continue reading Rachel Downey

My name is Heather Exner-Pirot. I live in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan with my husband and two kids. I am the Managing Editor of the Arctic Yearbook. My first job was with the University of the Arctic. I had just returned from an internship in Geneva and wasn’t sure if I would be able to find a … Continue reading Heather Exner-Pirot