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By the Numbers

From hundreds of gigs of photos and videos to dozens of cups of coffee — all the numbers from our expedition add up to an impressive showing of science at the bottom of the world.

8 team members

33 days aboard the Laurence M. Gould

3,140 nautical miles traveled

9 days of field work

26 drone flights

42 animals photographed with the drone

9 minke whales tagged

10 humpback whales tagged

18 data sets

4 days stuck in ice in the Weddell Sea

80 hours of on-animal video

30 biopsy samples collected

252 Grabber hand warmers used

3,543 photos taken

52 GoPro videos shot

5 pounds of coffee consumed in the lab

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