Primary Recipient

LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY, THE

Amount

$399,999.00

Award Date

8/12/2009

Administering Agency

National Science Foundation

CDFA Number

47.082

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NSF Recovery Act Reasearch Support

Description

The scheduled field campaigns aboard the Swedish icebreaker Oden in November-January of 2010 will provide an unprecedented opportunity to sample the sea ice microbial community in a region of the Antarctic ice pack that has received very little attention