Busy spring break!

Spring break at Duke is pretty much over, and it has been a busy time. Without classes to teach and with most of our research group at the Bio-logging conference in Hobart, Tasmania, it has been a great time to get some writing done. This week we polished off two papers on sea ice and seals in the North Atlantic, one of which is now submitted to the primary literature. The second will go in early next week.

Amidst this productivity, we also found out that Ari was awarded a National Geographic award for Dtagging blue whales and humpback whales in California, which will support some of Julia Burrows dissertation work.

Finally, we’ve also made great progress in the Digital Sea Monsters project this week, thanks to the programming team. With fewer distractions, we’ve been able to work out a significant number of bugs in the public portion of the app. Check out the layout on the Laysan albatross entry below…