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Waiting for an undersea robot in Antarctica to call home

  • Written by Jennifer Walsh, Research Biologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Waiting for an undersea robot in Antarctica to call homeOne of two underwater gliders is deployed from a research ship into Antarctic waters.NOAA

“Call! Just call!” I think loudly in my head. “Did something happen? Are you okay?”

I might seem like a worried parent waiting for a teenager to report in from an unsupervised outing. Rather, I’m a research biologist with the...

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