{"id":34264,"date":"2013-03-15T11:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-15T15:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nybg.org\/plant-talk\/?p=34264"},"modified":"2018-11-19T12:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:30:21","slug":"bill-buck-2013-day-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nybg.org\/blogs\/plant-talk\/2013\/03\/science\/bill-buck-2013-day-19\/","title":{"rendered":"From the Field: Bill Buck in Cape Horn 2013, Day 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

January 28, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena<\/a>, Comuna Cabo de Hornos<\/a>, Isla Navarino<\/a>, Puerto Williams<\/a>, 54\u00b056\u2019S, 67\u00b037\u2019W<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"DSCN0817<\/a>The engines start up again at 6 a.m. and quite soon we arrive at Caleta Piedras<\/a> on Isla Pict\u00f3n<\/a>. We knew ahead of time that today would be an early day of collecting because we need to also get back to Puerto Williams to gather up the specimens we left behind there. What we didn’t know was that there would be a substantial metal dock at this site, and a house flying the Chilean flag, too. The house is empty now, but presumably occupied seasonally.<\/p>\n

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The harbor is appropriately named–piedra<\/em> being Spanish for rock–because there are large outcrops very close to shore. We disperse ourselves across this landscape in an effort to cover as much ground and collect as many samples as we can. This is our second stop on Isla Pict\u00f3n, and we are hoping that it will give us a better idea of the island’s bryoflora. Fortunately we are informed that this part of the island was never land mined. Even had it been, the physical evidence left behind by grazing cows makes me think that they would have triggered the land mines long ago.<\/p>\n

\"DSCN0825<\/a>We have only 2 1\/2 hours to collect here, and the low morning light makes the collecting difficult. In my hurry to get into the field I soon realize I do not have enough paper bags. When I run out of bags I return to the ship (which is made easy by the existence of the dock) and grab another handful of bags. With only a half an hour left to collect I concentrate my collecting to the shore. To my surprise, this is better collecting than on the rock outcrops in the forest, and what I find is certainly new to the island. I am once again let down to not find the Pottiaceae from the other side of the island. By 10:30 a.m. we are all back on the ship and underway to Puerto Williams.<\/p>\n

We arrive in Puerto Williams about 1 p.m. under very windy conditions. The port is actually closed due to the wind, which means that no boats may depart but that we are able to dock. However, we hope that the port will reopen by morning so that we may continue our journey toward Punta Arenas. By night, under a bright, almost-full moon, the winds subside and we begin to feel confident that we will be able to leave as scheduled in the morning.<\/p>\n

\"DSCN0826<\/a>When we were last in Puerto Williams<\/a> we met a couple who had been living on their sailboat for 22 years, and had recently been chartering it out for scientific trips. We had hoped at the time to meet up with them to see their boat, and to show them around the Miguel, but time did not allow for it. This time though, we are able to. Turns out, I’m really glad we’re on the ship we’re on! The sailboat would never be large enough for our group and equipment. Our collections would quickly fill up the smaller space on the sailboat, and there would be little room for our microscopes. However, they are considering purchasing a larger ship in order to expand their scientific expeditions, and so we agree to keep in touch.<\/p>\n

And just like that, we’re down to our last two days in the field, and most of that will be occupied with our transit back to Punta Arenas.<\/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 27, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Navarino, Puerto Toro, 55\u00b005\u2019S, 67\u00b004\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 26, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Lennox, Caleta Lennox, 55\u00b018\u2019S, 66\u00b051\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

January 25, 2013, Prov. Ant\u00e1rtica Chilena, Comuna Cabo de Hornos, Isla Navarino, Seno Grandi, 55\u00b014\u2019S, 67\u00b046\u2019W<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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":"

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