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Biologist rope sampling from ship rail in ice floe covered waters.

So, What do Aquatic Scientists Work On in the Dark of Winter?

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a scientist in possession of good data, must be in want of a paper (with respects to Jane Austin)
Though it is often hoped by students in aquatic sciences that a scientist’s duties involve mostly sampling in the field, the sad fact is that the vast majority of a scientist’s time is spent working on things which aren’t even data and writing, much less working on a boat.

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