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    • Paleokarsts and sediment fills
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    • Just clouds and haloes
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  • AN ORGANIC GEOCHEMISTRY PRIMER
    • A brief history of Organic Geochemistry
    • From bio- to geo-molecules
    • Diagenesis: Stereoisomerism
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Antartica 2005: Getting water from Lake Vida (Victoria Valley)
US Antarctic Center in New Zealand, We get the red ones.
Gloves: We get a pair of every kind; 2 pairs of some
Transantarctic Mountains
Transantarctic Mountains
Clean ice drill, broken apart and sonicated in DCM:MeOH (1:1, v/v)
Moi
View of McMurdo Station and the airport on sea ice (from Observation Hill)
Iceberg stuck in sea ice in McMurdo Sound
Entrance of the Taylor Valley. On your left, the frozen sea. Deep in the valley, the Commonwealth glacier.
Dune field in Victoria Valley
Lake Vida (Victoria Valley) and its dune field
The camp near the center of Lake Vida
Sampling the brine. In our drilling tent. Alison Murray in the background.
View of the borehole with sampling equipment down.
The precious Lake Vida brine. The orange on the right is oxidized.
A seal that got lost in the Valleys and died there, far away from food.
Leaving Lake Vida. Alison Murray and I prepared everything for the transport.
Lake Vida ice was melting and receiving water from its two main rivers.
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