Jackie Aislabie

Landcare Research Ltd

The goal of this research is to support environmental protection and management of ice-free areas of the Ross Sea region, Antarctica by increasing fundamental knowledge and understanding of Antarctic soils including soil distribution and climate, bacterial diversity, and vulnerability to human impacts. Soil maps will be developed and underlying soils data will be added to the Antarctic soils database in our On-line Ross Sea region GIS. Soil climate stations at 7 locations in the Ross Sea region will continue to be maintained.

Metadata and website links

On-line Ross Sea region GIS

Soil climate and atmospheric data for Scott Base, Marble Point, Mount Fleming, Bull Pass, Granite Harbour and Minna Bluff, Antarctica

Soil albedo measurements of oil-contaminated and control sites at Scott Base and Marble Point

Investigation of an oil spill from a buried pipeline at Scott Base

An oil spill experiment measuring the response of soils to oil spills: chemical and microbial analysis, nutrient analysis, soil moisture and temperature

Soil and groundwater description, characterisation and sampling at various sites at Cape Hallett

Profile descriptions, mapping and analysis of soils in the Wright Valley, Antarctica amd assessment of soil disturbance by foot traffic

Monitoring of permafrost temperatures at Marble Point and Bull Pass, Wright Valley

Soil profile descriptions, Lake Wellman region, Antarctica

Antarctic Permafrost and Soils webpage