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Hamilton College Student Researchers

Names and affiliations from L to R starting with back row.
Scott McCallum, Southern Illinois University; Kate McMullen, Hamilton College; Anna Rubin, Colgate University; Neil Basu, Hamilton College; David Amblas, Barcelona, Spain; Emily Backman, Hamilton College; Diana Duran, Hamilton College; and Andrew McCloskey, Hamilton College, on the deck of the RVIB Nathaniel B. Palmer as ship leaves Punta Arenas, Chile for the Palmer Peninsula, Antarctica.

Emily Backman ('04) is from Melrose, Mass. and graduated from Melrose High School.

Diana Duran ('03) is from Reston, Virginia and graduated from South Lakes High School.

Andrew McCloskey
('04)is from Roanoke, Virginia and graduated form North Cross School.

Katy McMullen ('02) is from Ludlow, Vermont and graduated from Black River High School.

Hamilton Geology Professor Eugene Domack has 23 years of Antarctic experience, the last 14 in the Peninsula region. He is interested in understanding the natural record of environmental variability locked in glacial marine sediments in fjords and inner coastal basins on both sides of the Peninsula. He is currently investigating the paleorecord of Antarctica's disintegrating ice shelves. Domack's research is made possible by funding from the National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs.