2026–27 Austral season Antarctic PeninsulaIn progress
First season as Plankton Base
Our first dispatch as Plankton Base: which vessels joined, how many sampling stations were completed, and the first microscopy images off the season.
Expedition-season dispatches
Field notes from the polar seasons.
Each polar season, our collaborating expedition teams and travelers collect plankton samples and water measurements. Dispatches are how we report back: where sampling happened, what came up under the microscope, and what the growing time-series is starting to show.
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Season by season
Dispatches are published after each sampling season, once samples reach the lab and results can be shared honestly.
2027 Boreal season Arctic — Svalbard & GreenlandUpcoming
Bringing the protocol north
Extending the same sampling protocol into Arctic fjords so the two poles can be compared season by season.
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Expedition operators who join the program get their sampling effort documented, their guides trained and credited, and their contribution reflected in publicly available data.