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  • My name is Paul Abrahamson.

  • I'm an oceanographer at the British Antarctic Survey the moment I'm on royal Research Ship James Cook, about 90 nautical miles south of South Georgia.

  • And behind these iceberg a 68 p.

  • The iceberg, a 68 has broken into lots of bits.

  • A 68 p is the most recent one that's been named.

  • And even though it's no longer nearly as big as it was, it's still about 100 square kilometers.

  • We're here to study the effect of the iceberg on the ocean.

  • The ecosystem around South Georgia.

  • Uh, we've deployed some robotic underwater gliders which will stay here measuring the ocean beneath us for months after we leave, Yeah.

My name is Paul Abrahamson.

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