Our polar regions are often considered to be pristine untouched waters, largely due their remoteness and lack of civilization, yet both the Arctic and Antarctica are subject to local pollution from tourism, fishing and research activities. On today’s episode, we sit down with Sarah Reed, ships ops manager and technician at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, to chat about her recent paper on microplastics in marine sediments near Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
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Our polar regions are often considered to be pristine untouched waters, largely due their remoteness and lack of civilization, yet both the Arctic and Antarctica are subject to local pollution from tourism, fishing and research activities. On today’s episode, we sit down with Sarah Reed, ships ops manager and technician at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, to chat about her recent paper on microplastics in marine sediments near Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
Episode 8: From accountant to orca scientist with Clare Andvik
Women in Ocean Science Podcast
41 minutes 37 seconds
4 years ago
Episode 8: From accountant to orca scientist with Clare Andvik
6 years ago, Clare was working a job she hated in a high-pressured accountancy firm in London. But then one day, after over 12 hours in the office, she came home and had a major re-assessment of what she wanted to do with her life - and today, she’s living her childhood dream and is studying whales. Now PhD candidate at the University of Oslo, Clare is researching the effects of pollution in Norwegian orcas. On this episode, we discuss her paper, titled “Preying on seals pushes killer whales from Norway above pollution effects thresholds” and why having a child and doing marine science as woman shouldn’t be mutually exclusive.
Women in Ocean Science Podcast
Our polar regions are often considered to be pristine untouched waters, largely due their remoteness and lack of civilization, yet both the Arctic and Antarctica are subject to local pollution from tourism, fishing and research activities. On today’s episode, we sit down with Sarah Reed, ships ops manager and technician at the Scottish Association for Marine Science, to chat about her recent paper on microplastics in marine sediments near Rothera Research Station, Antarctica.
