1. International Student Expedition
King George Island, Antarctica
Anne Braunschweig, Katya Uryupova, Evgeniya Dolgova, Maude Erasmy, Laura Ferman, Elena Höhne, Anica Huck, Susann Janowski, Matthias Kopp, Henrike Mühlichen, Udo Müller, Lika Sagatelova, Jennifer Schmidt, Elias Stich, Eric Thomas, Hans-Ulrich Peter
Jena, Leipzig, Tübingen, Würzburg – Germany Moscow – Russia, La Plata – Argentina, Luxembourg
International Polar Meeting
14th March 2008
Münster

2. Introduction Study area Projects

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Fildes Peninsula
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5. Russian Station
Bellingshausen
January 2008

8. Introduction Study area Projects
Project activities
Map the distribution of Deschampsia antarctica
Determine breeding pair number and breeding success of penguins
Count breeding pair number and analysing reproductive success of Southern Giant Petrel
Collect data on breeding pair number of Skuas
Assess the number of seals along the shore
„Fossil hunting“
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9. Distribution of the Antarctic hair grass (Deschampsia antarctica)

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2007/08
1984/85
Gebauer et al.
2000/01
Gerighausen et al.
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12. Adelie penguin Chinstrap penguin Gentoo penguin
Determine breeding pair number and breeding success of penguins
Adelie penguin
(Pygoscelies adeliae)
Chinstrap penguin
(P. antarctica)
Gentoo penguin
(P. papua)

14. Introduction Study area Projects
Breeding pair numbers of Chinstrap, Adelie and Gentoo penguins on Ardley Island
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15. Breeding success of Chinstrap, Adelie and Gentoo penguins
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16. (Macronectes giganteus)
Determine breeding pair number and breeding success of the Southern Giant Petrel
(Macronectes giganteus)

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19. Counting breeding pair number of Skuas
Brown Skua
(Catharacta antarctica lonnbergi)

20. (Catharacta maccormicki)
South Polar Skua
(Catharacta maccormicki)

21. Breeding pair numbers of Brown Skuas and South Polar Skuas
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22. Southern elephant seal
Counting seals along the shore
Antarctic fur seal
(Arctocephalus gazella)
Southern elephant seal
(Mirounga leonina )
Weddell seal
(Leptonychotes weddelli)

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26. Fossil hunting

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Fossil hunting
2003/04
2007/08
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29. Middle Eocene flora of Fildes Peninsula (50-45 Ma)
Nothofagus spec.
Fern
Silicified wood
Lauraceae (?)
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30. Thank you for your attention!
Thanks for financial and logistic support!
German Society for Polar Research (DGP), DAAD, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Ecology FSU Jena, German Research Foundation (DFG), Russian Antarctic Expeditions, St. Petersburg, Alexey Shmarin & colleagues, Russian Antarctic Scientific Station Bellingshausen, Alfred Wegener Institute of Polar and Marine Research, Bremerhaven
Thank you for your attention!