Autun Purser
@seabedbiologist
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I am a post-doc deep sea biologist / ecologist working for the Alfred Wegener Helmholtz Centre for Marine and Polar Research (AWI).
Bremerhaven, Germany
Joined July 2010
Such a shame about Christopher Priest. I loved his books. He was kind enough to let me make an illustration for my 'Fantastic Travel Destinations' series of designs - the first writer I approached and very supportive. A splendid set of books, and considered writing on fiction too.
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I very, very infrequently leave the warmth of the RV Polarstern icebreaker for long. I dont mind sketching the ice physicists and ice biologists doing, ohh, i dont know what.
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The underside of arctic ice can be covered with thick algae. When the ice melts, the algae sinks to the seafloor, becoming a useful dinner for deep sea animals, such as these happy sea cucumbers.
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On our research vessels the technicians are generally 'as equally' (err, far more!) important as us scientists. Here Axel does some sort of magic, turning wires and metal into something useful.
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During our recent PS138 expedition to the high Arctic I managed to squeeze in time to make a number of illustrations of the unusual areas of seafloor visited. Here, at 2000 m depth, we see many filter feeding sponges far below the ice.
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We are recently back from a fantastic cruise to the Central Arctic (RV Polarstern, PS138). Here is a stunning photo taken with our towed camera system of a cirrate octopus, at 2000 m , adjacent to the Gakkel Ridge ultraslow spreading ridge. A beauty!!!
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RT @MelanieBergma18: Our @seabedbiologist won this year‘s @AWI_Media Science Award for his great work on fish nests in the #WeddelSea,….
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We have a new article in MagPi magazine on lowering cheap Raspberry Pi cameras through the cracks in Antarctic ice. THAT was a fun project!.
magazine.raspberrypi.com
Inside The MagPi magazine issue #130 - **Raspberry Pi micro brewery.** Brew beer better with the power of Raspberry Pi and a Tilt hydrometer - **Master Linux and the Command Line Interface.** Take...
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Wow. I am soooo happy that our fish nest discovery has even inspired the world of avant-garde cake design!.
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RT @zenoagency: New #SFMasterworks edition of NEUROMANCER by William Gibson is out today! @GreatDismal. Published b….
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Hi all! The latest paper put together with our data from the Ocean Floor Observation and Bathymetry System (OFOBS) has just been published! Thanks team @JulianBStauffer, Craig Smith, Henk-Jan Hoving, @griffiths_huw and all the scientific party and crew of PS118.
Check out what we found in the deep Southern Ocean. Several animal carcasses including a penguin and a baleen whale! These "food falls" provide chunks of energy to the deep-sea. Thank you @seabedbiologist @griffiths_huw Craig Smith and Henk-Jan Hoving.
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RT @JulianBStauffer: Check out what we found in the deep Southern Ocean. Several animal carcasses including a pen….
frontiersin.org
When pelagic organisms die and fall onto the deep-sea floor they create food falls, parcels of organic enrichment that subsidize deep benthic scavenging comm...
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A big thank you too to the @driftnoise team for assisting in predicting where the ice would be drifting during the HK19 Kronprins Hakon expedition, during which we managed to collect the OFOBS acoustic and image data!.
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Hi all! Chris German has led Antje Boetius, myself and co-authors in a paper discussing "Volcanically hosted venting with indications of ultramafic influence at Aurora hydrothermal field on Gakkel Ridge" - now in Nature Communications.
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RT @Waterstones: Science Fiction fans, this one's for you. Feast your eyes on the STUNNING new SF Masterworks collection from @orionbooks….
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. Here is a chance to win a set of the new Sci Fi Masterworks, with my new covers. :!.
We have partnered with @gollancz to give away ONE set of 5 Masterworks titles with brand new covers!. Please see the graphic below for the books we are giving away. To Enter;.Follow @gollancz & us.Like + RT. Rules;.UK Only due to publisher shipping restrictions. Ends: 4th Nov
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Flowers for Algernon such a great book, when he knows what is coming, it is awful. I also loved the BBC Radio 4 version with Tom Courtney, still available in full on YouTube. .
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In addition to being a scientist, I am a keen sci fi illustrator.I have had the pleasure of designing the next four "Best of Sci Fi Masterworks" covers, available today from all outlets. "The Female Man","Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep","Flowers for Algernon","I Am Legend"
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