{"id":34255,"date":"2013-03-11T11:00:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=34255"},"modified":"2013-03-11T14:09:06","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T18:09:06","slug":"bill-buck-2013-day-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/03\/science\/bill-buck-2013-day-15\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Field: Bill Buck in Cape Horn 2013, Day 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 24, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena<\/a>, Comuna Cabo de Hornos<\/a>, Isla Hoste<\/a>, Canal Canacus, 55\u00b013\u2019S, 68\u00b021\u2019W<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"plaques\"<\/a>We leave Puerto In\u00fatil about 7 a.m. and arrive at Wulaia<\/a> a half-hour later. This is one of the most famous sites in the region and one I have visited several times. Charles Darwin<\/a> arrived here on January 23, 1833, 180 years ago–minus one day–today. The site has changed considerably since my last visit. There is now a metal dock for unloading cruise ship passengers, and a large, old slaughterhouse has been transformed into a museum which is open when cruise ships arrive. A plaque celebrating Darwin<\/a> was put up in 2009 on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of his birth. There is also a plaque commemorating Robert FitzRoy<\/a>, the captain of the HMS Beagle<\/em> and a pioneering scientist in his own right.<\/p>\n

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According to Blanka, Wulaia Bay was the meeting place of the Yaghan people and their past settlements and shell middens are still visible among the grass.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Based on my previous visits to this site, I direct people to a small stream that becomes very rocky and narrow with vertical sides where I have found many interesting mosses in the past. I suspect the locale harbors even more interesting things and look forward to what my colleagues might find. Before going ashore I take a survey of the group about the afternoon’s field site, whether to stay here or to venture on to another site after lunch. The consensus is to try another site later in the day. Although heavily disturbed by cattle and pigs, the site proves as rich as I had hoped, especially along the small stream. Fortunately the ill-temper of the day before seems to have dissipated. Yesterday afternoon I brought a skull aboard the ship, and after several guesses it was decided to belong to a sheep. It seems more than a coincidence that its arrival accompanied the foul tempers and so this morning I take it back ashore. Whether that is the reason behind the change in mood, it’s nice to see everyone happier today.<\/p>\n

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Isla Milne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After lunch the crew strongly suggest that we all take seasickness pills ahead of the voyage across the Murray Channel<\/a> to Isla Hoste. Fortunately, the pills aren’t needed, but their effects are real all the same, and several of the group find themselves a bit drowsy which leads to a slow start to the afternoon collecting. I ask for volunteers to go collecting on Isla Milne Edwards because we have no specimens from there. Blanka, Paddy, and Niels volunteer and take the large Zodiac for the afternoon. I choose to go ashore on Isla Hoste and work up a small stream that leads to a high waterfall. I can hear the stream the moment I go ashore, but it takes awhile to actually find it. I am forced to follow my ears through a wet southern beech forest until I find myself again in a hepatic-dominated locale indicative of an area with high precipitation. As usual I enjoy the privacy of the forest as I carefully pick my way across numerous fallen tree trunks. I give myself two hours at the site, and it proves adequate. I come across two different mosses that I think may prove to be interesting once I am back at my microscope.<\/p>\n

\"DSCN0594<\/a>Back on board the ship, it is around 8 p.m. and we are waiting to have dinner until the Isla Milne-Edwards group return. Our primary cook left us in Puerto Williams for domestic reasons surrounding his pregnant wife back in Punta Arenas. Unfortunately this has left the secondary cook in charge, and we all notice a change in the quality of the food, unfortunately not for the better. But today, Ernesto steps in to lend a hand, and the results are immediate and delicious! Lunch today was vastly improved, and the aroma of dinner has been teasing us now for hours. I’m sure this change will be good for group morale!<\/p>\n

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The Philesias flower. Blanka says of them, “Too bad that I didn’t know that the flowers were edible. I only ate one flower on the boat – it was crunchy and refreshing, and mildly sweet.”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tomorrow we move into uncharted territory for me as we head for Seno Grandi on the south coast of Isla Navarino<\/a>. The ship will move there in the morning and the captain doesn’t expect the seas to be too rough. From reports I have received from others, this site should serve as a return to collecting on peatlands. It is also our first foray onto the southern coast of Navarino. On Friday we will move to Isla Lennox. I have been warned that the crossing to Lennox may be very rough, and that everyone should take seasickness pills and go to bed in the hope that they will sleep through the worst of the rough seas. It would not be the first time I have done just that, since I often find the rocking of the ship to induce sleep. After today, we have only a week left of the trip, and that includes the journey back to Punta Arenas. It is hard to believe that we are already two-thirds of the way through the trip.<\/p>\n

Ed. note: <\/em>NYBG scientist and Mary Flagler Cary Curator of Botany, Bill Buck<\/a><\/em> has just returned from his annual expedition to the islands off Cape Horn, the southernmost point in South America, to study mosses and lichens. For the past two years he was able to file stories from the field, but this year\u2019s locations proved so remote he was forced to wait until his return. We will be publishing them over the course of several days.<\/em> Follow his journeys on Plant Talk<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bill Buck\u2019s Previous Reports From the Field:<\/strong><\/p>\n

2013
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January 23, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Navarino, Puerto In\u00fatil, 54\u00b059\u2019S, 68\u00b012\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 22, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Navarino, Puerto Williams, 54\u00b056\u2019S, 67\u00b037\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 21, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Navarino, Puerto Williams, 54\u00b056\u2019S, 67\u00b037\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 20, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Navarino, Puerto Williams, 54\u00b056\u2019S, 67\u00b037\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 19, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Hoste, Bah\u00eda Navidad, 55\u00b024\u2019S, 68\u00b012\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 18, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Hoste, Bah\u00eda Tekenika, 55\u00b018\u2019S, 68\u00b039\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 17, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Parque Nacional Alberto de Agostini, Seno Ponsonby, Isla Hoste at Isla Grande, 55\u00b011\u2019S, 68\u00b045\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 16, 2013 Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Parque Nacional Alberto de Agostini, Isla Hoste, Bah\u00eda Helada, 55\u00b005\u2019S, 69\u00b004\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 15, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Hoste, Seno Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez, Caleta Yekadahby, 55\u00b004\u2019S, 68\u00b025\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 14, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Grande de la Tierra del Fuego, Bah\u00eda Yendegaia, 54\u00b050\u2019S, 68\u00b048\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 13, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Grande de la Tierra del Fuego, Bah\u00eda Yendegaia, 54\u00b050\u2019S, 68\u00b048\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 12, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Parque Nacional Alberto de Agostini, Isla Gordon, Bah\u00eda Tres Brazos, 54\u00b059\u2019S, 69\u00b045\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 11, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Parque Nacional Alberto de Agostini, Isla Grande de la Tierra del Fuego, NE-most arm of Seno Courtenay, 54\u00b034\u201934\u201dS, 71\u00b010\u201941\u201dW<\/a><\/p>\n

January 10, 2013, Punta Arenas, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

February 5, 2012; Isla Londonderry, Puerto Fortuna, approximately 54\u00ba54’S, 70\u00ba26’W<\/a><\/p>\n

February 4, 2012; Isla O\u2019Brien, Caleta Americana, approximately 54\u00ba53’S, 70\u00ba23’W <\/a><\/p>\n

February 3, 2012; Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, Fiordo Garibaldi, approximately 54\u00ba58’S, 69\u00ba49’W<\/a><\/p>\n

February 2, 2012; Isla Gordon, middle arm of Bah\u00eda Tres Brazos, approximately 54\u00ba58’S, 69\u00ba41’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 31, 2012; Isla Gordon, Bah\u00eda Romanche, 54\u00ba57’S, 69\u00ba30’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 30, 2012; Isla Gordon, Bah\u00eda Romanche, 54\u00ba57’S, 69\u00ba30’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 29, 2012; Canal O\u2019Brien, on the way to the Brazo Noroeste of the Beagle Channel, approximately 54\u00ba55’S, 70\u00ba35’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 25, 2012; Isla Darwin, Caleta Virginia, approximately 54\u00ba57’S, 70\u00ba10’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 24, 2012; Unnamed sound off Isla Whittlebury, in Bahia San Jorge, west of Isla Hoste, approximately 55\u00ba16?S, 70\u00ba00?W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 23, 2012; Arm of Estero Webb, SW coast of Isla Hoste, approximately 55\u00ba14’S, 69\u00ba41’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 22, 2012.; Unnamed sound on Isla Gordon behind Cabo El Gorro, approximately 55\u00ba02’S, 69\u00ba48’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 21, 2012; Isla Hoste, Estero Fouque, 55\u00ba1’S, 69\u00ba35’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 20, 2012; Isla Hoste, Estero Fouque, approximately 55\u00ba11’S, 69\u00ba35’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 19, 2012; Chile, unnamed sound on north-central coast of Isla Hoste, approximately 55\u00ba00’S, 69\u00ba12’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 18, 2012; Canal O\u2019Brien, just south of Isla O\u2019Brien, 54\u00ba55’S, 70\u00ba35’W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 17, 2012; Punta Arenas, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

2011<\/strong><\/p>\n

July 15, 2011; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia<\/a><\/p>\n

July 14, 2011; Pyengana, Tasmania, Australia<\/a><\/p>\n

July 13, 2011; Weldborough, Tasmania, Australia<\/a><\/p>\n

July 12, 2011; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia<\/a><\/p>\n

July 11, 2011; Hobart, Tasmania, Australia<\/a><\/p>\n

February 8, 2011; Punta Arenas, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

February 5, 2011, unnamed sound northwest of Isla Georgiana<\/a><\/p>\n

February 4, 2011, unnamed sound directly east of Seno Mama, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

February 2, 2011, Seno Courtenay, northern arm, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

February 1, 2011, Seno Courtenay, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 31, 2011, Canal between Isla Georgiana and Isla Clementina,, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 30, 2011, Unnamed sound on south side of Brecknock Peninsula, NW of Isla Georgiana, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 29, 2011, Isla Aguirre, Seno Quo Vadis, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 26, 2011, Punta Arenas, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 24, 2011, Seno Chasco, just north of isthmus to Brecknock Peninsula, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 23, 2011, Isla Grande de la Tierra del Fuego, Puerto Consuelo, Seno Chasco, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 22, 2011, Isla Grande de la Tierra del Fuego, Seno Brujo, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 21, 2011, Isla Grande de la Tierra del Fuego, Seno Brujo, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n

January 20, 2011, Isla Grande de la Tierra del Fuego, Seno Bluff, Chile<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The crew find themselves in the footsteps of Charles Darwin’s famous voyage of the Beagle yet again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"featured_media":34497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[1208,1206,46],"tags":[4665,3027,2187,1211,1210,4621,1207,4648,2188],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/DSCN0569-copy.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/ph0lU-8Uv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34255"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34549,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34255\/revisions\/34549"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}