The Dallmann Laboratory. This is where we will stay for the next 10 weeks. Photo: Anders Torstensson

Mikael installing air pumps for the wet lab. Photo: Anders Torstensson

Francesca Pasotti, Ghent University, collects benthic microalgae for our laboratory experiments. The brown biofilm is scraped from the sediment using an ordinary spoon. Photo: Anders Torstensson

The Carlini research station with an elephant seal in the foreground. Photo: Mikael Hedblom