We’ve broken up into two shifts to cover the round the clock spacing of the Long Term Monitoring Stations described yesterday. The early shift (4a.m. to 4 p.m.) had 3 tightly spaced stations. At 4:30 a.m. we had our first view of the Antarctic Peninsula, through the porthole in the filtering lab. We’ve been getting closer all day. The evening shift just completed a station in among the icebergs of Matha Strait (check out our link above “Where is the Palmer now?”). We do try to get up on deck (camera in hand) and get a quick look at this amazing area in between processing samples. All four of these images are glimpses from today.