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  • During the JR19002 Icebergs 3 cruise, samples from the surface seawater were collected from Zodiacs. Samples were collected with the motivation of determining the impact of retreating glaciers upon the surface ocean, such as the hydrography and biogeochemical composition of the surface ocean. Three main sites were visited during JR19002 from south to north: Marian Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island; Borgen Bay, Anvers Island; and Sheldon Cove, Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island. Small boat traversed each bay, collecting particulate and dissolved seawater samples. Parameters collected and determined include: stable oxygen isotopes, salinity, dissolved macronutrients, dissolved and particulate metals, radium and thorium activity. Funding: NERC grants, NE/P017630/1 (Dr Amber Annett) and NE/P003060/1 (Professor David Barnes).

  • During the JR19002 Icebergs 3 cruise, particulate samples from the surface seawater were collected from Zodiacs. Samples were collected with the motivation of sampling glacially-derived particles and determining the biogeochemical composition and environmental significance of these particles with respect to iron and carbon cycling. Three main sites were visited during JR19002 from south to north: Marian Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island; Borgen Bay, Anvers Island; and Sheldon Cove, Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island. Small boat traversed each bay, collecting particulate and dissolved seawater samples. Scanning Electron Microscopy - Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy was performed upon three particulate samples at each site, to quantify the elemental composition of typical particles. Funding: NERC Independent Research Fellowship, NE/P017630/1 (Dr Amber Annett).

  • During the JR19002 Icebergs 3 cruise, dissolved organic carbon samples from the surface seawater were collected from Zodiacs, and samples from the sediment-seawater boundary were collected from the CTD rosette. Samples were collected with the motivation of sampling glacially-derived material and determining the biogeochemical composition and environmental significance with respect to iron and carbon cycling. Three main sites were visited during JR19002 from south to north: Marian Cove, Maxwell Bay, King George Island; Borgen Bay, Anvers Island; and Sheldon Cove, Ryder Bay, Adelaide Island. Funding: NERC grants, NE/P017630/1 (Dr Amber Annett) and NE/P003060/1 (Professor David Barnes).

  • Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentrations in artificial sea ice experiments at the Roland von Glasow Air-Sea-Ice Chamber (RvG-ASIC) at the University of East Anglia, UK. Experiments involved investigating chemical contaminant behaviours during sea ice formation and melt in order to assess possible exposure risk to sea ice biota. NERC ENVISION Doctoral Training Centre (NE/L002604/1). NERC and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded Changing Arctic Ocean program EISPAC project (NE/R012857/1). British Antarctic Survey Collaboration Voucher. EUROCHAMP-2020 Infrastructure Activity under grant agreement (No 730997).

  • Persistent organic pollutant concentrations in artificial sea ice experiments at the Roland von Glasow Air-Sea-Ice Chamber (RvG-ASIC) at the University of East Anglia, UK. Experiments involved investigating chemical contaminant behaviours during sea ice formation and melt in order to assess possible exposure risk to sea ice biota. Funding was provided by: NERC ENVISION Doctoral Training Centre (NE/L002604/1). NERC and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded Changing Arctic Ocean program EISPAC project (NE/R012857/1). British Antarctic Survey Collaboration Voucher. EUROCHAMP-2020 Infrastructure Activity under grant agreement (No 730997).

  • Samples of snow, sea ice, seawater (0.5 m and 5 m depths) and meltponds were collected from two ice-covered stations located in the Barents Sea (81 N), during the "Nansen Legacy Q3" summer cruise of the Norwegian research vessel Kronprins Haakon on 26-28 August 2019. Perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) concentrations, salinity and stable oxygen isotopes were measured in all samples to determine sources and environmental fate of PFAS during late summer. NERC ENVISION Doctoral Training Centre (NE/L002604/1). NERC and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) funded Changing Arctic Ocean program EISPAC project (NE/R012857/1). The Nansen Legacy research is funded by the Research Council of Norway (# 276730).