Painting Between the Ice: Antarctic Biodiversity from the Dry Valleys to the Sea Floor

PI建议与三个实地团队合作，研究和创作以麦克默多干谷和罗斯海生物多样性为重点的绘画作品。她计划创作一系列壁画大小的绘画，以南大洋原生生物-S海底和干燥山谷的土壤为基础。这些画作将探索独特适应的南极无脊椎动物及其栖息地国际建议探索罗斯海的海底群落，要么是第一手的，要么是通过观察科学潜水员收集的标本。她建议，如果可能的话，在生物体还活着的时候研究、画和画它们，用天然的色素，由独特的蓝色阳光照亮，透过覆盖海洋表面的冰层。S。在素净的空气中作画，她还建议随后与现场团队合作，在画布上调查和捕捉泰勒山谷复杂的土壤生态系统。她将观察和绘制从山谷内和周围土壤中提取的线虫、迟滞和轮虫？水上轨道网络。

The PI proposes to collaborate with three field teams to study and create paintings focused on biodiversity
in the McMurdo Dry Valleys and Ross Sea. She proposes to create a series of mural-size paintings based on organisms native to the Southern Ocean?s sea floor and the soil of the Dry Valleys. The paintings will explore uniquely adapted Antarctic invertebrates and their habitats The PI proposes to explore the benthic communities in the Ross Sea, either first-hand or through the observations of specimens gathered by scientifc divers. She proposes, if possible, ?to study, draw, and paint the organisms while they are still ?alive, flush with natural pigment, and illuminated by the unique
blue glow of sunlight filtered through the ice covering the ocean?s surface.? Painting en plain air, she also proposes to subsequently work with field teams to investigate and capture on canvas the complex soil ecosystems of Taylor Valley. She will observe and paint nematodes, tardigrades, and rotifers extracted from the soil in and around the Valleys? network of water
tracks.