Important safety measures taken aboard the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

An AMLR scientist in a Zodiac, South Shetland Islands.

AMLR scientists sorting biological samples.

AMLR scientists wait for a plane at the Presidente Frei Air Base on King George Island.

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) sorted by size.

Polly Penhale (NSF), Rennie Holt and AMLR scientists at Palmer Station with R/V Polar Duke in background.

Our first towed acoustic body (AKA "the bomb") being deployed off the NOAA Ship Surveyor.

Preparing to deploy a piece of oceanographic equipment aboard the NOAA Ship Surveyor.

The AMLR crew casts a CTD from the stern of the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

An iceberg in rough seas.

The crew of the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya deploys a CTD from the stern.

A catch of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba.

AMLR scientists and Russian crew peer over the bow of the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya as the ship slowly makes it way through icy waters in an Antarctic snowstorm.

Notothenia coriiceps, with stomach contents visible.

Catch from a fish trawl, R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

An AMLR scientist weighs catch from a fish trawl.

Proud Antarctic ichthyologists with their catch, a toothfish.

Fishing nets and gear used for research trawls on the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

Benthic catch aboard the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya, sorted into baskets for analysis.

Benthic invertebrate catch, with a crab.

Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.

A Russian crew member watches the fish net as it is deployed off the stern of the ship.

AMLR scientist group photo aboard the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

A scientist looks out over the icy seas, South Shetland Islands.

A scientist looks out over the icy seas, South Shetland Islands.

Notothenia coriiceps, black rockcod.

Benthic catch with holothurians and echinoids, R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya, South Shetland Islands.

Antarctic ichthyologist Dr. Christopher Jones with a large Patagonian toothfish, Dissostichus eleginoides.

Ichthyologists measure catch in a lab aboard the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

Antarctic silverfish, Pleuragramma antarcticum.

Benthic invertebrates on the Antarctic sea floor.

Benthic invertebrates on the Antarctic sea floor.

Benthic invertebrates on the Antarctic sea floor.

Benthic invertebrates on the Antarctic sea floor.

Left and Right: James Brennan, Ship's Surgeon, and Kevin Hill aboard the R/V Professor Siedlecki during the joint U.S.-Poland research cruise in the vicinity of South Georgia Island.

Left to Right: Kristof Skora, James Brennan, Kevin Hill, and Jerry Finan aboard the R/V Professor Siedlecki during the joint U.S.-Poland research cruise in the vicinity of South Georgia Island.

Deploying trawl off the R/V Professor Siedlecki in 1986, the first year of the AMLR Program.

Deploying trawl off the R/V Professor Siedlecki in 1986.

In the late 1990s, AMLR scientists dismantled and removed the Seal Island station. A new field camp in a better location was built at Cape Shirreff field station on Livingston Island.

AMLR scientists break down the camp at Seal Island. When the field station was moved to Cape Shirreff, all human traces were removed from Seal Island except a commemorative plaque.

The R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya awaits scientists who are running small boat operations from the Cape Shirreff field station on Livingston Island.

AMLR scientist Derek Needham fixes equipment on the aft deck of the R/V Yuzhmorgeologiya.

The AMLR science crew: Left to right (back row): Susan Woods, Dr. Wayne Trivelpiece, Dr. Christian Reiss, Anthony Cossio, Dr. Daniel Torres Jr, Candice Lin, Steve Aguis, Kyla Zaret, Steve Sessions, Dr. Jarrod Santora, Darci Lombard. Left to right (front row): Douglas Krause, Kim Dietrich, Marcel Van Den Berg, Dr. Rennie Holt, Dr. Joe Warren, Dr. Hyoung-Chul Shin.

AMLR scientists Anthony Cossio and Ryan Driscoll in a Zodiac, been outfitted with a satellite tag and time depth recorder, which drop off when the bird molts.

Antarctic fur seals, Livingston Island.

A chinstrap penguin colony on King George Island. One penguin has

Antarctic gastropods.

A colorful Antarctic sea star.

AMLR scientists Ryan Driscoll and Adam Jenkins in a Zodiac, next to an iceberg.

A southern giant petrel chick rests on its nest amidst rocks and mosses.