SUNKE TRACE-KLEEBERG

Oceanographer

Hello & Welcome…

Hi, my name is Sunke and I am an oceanographer.

Currently, I am a postgraduate researcher at the University of Southampton. I love all things water related. I particularly enjoy researching topics which have a direct impact on people’s lives.

Research and Experience

News

News
Measuring oxygen in seawater | DY174
Measuring oxygen in seawater | DY174

A short piece about my time at sea on RRS Discovery.

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Looking back at 2023
Looking back at 2023

Review and highlights from the last year

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PhD on Pause - Part Three
PhD on Pause - Part Three
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Social Media Updates

View fullsize It's coming to the end of another placement week @nocnews. I'm amazed how much goes on each week and super excited to be involved in a range of different events that happen. Protecting our Planet Day joined the robot hanger live to interview an engin
View fullsize What a first week it's been on placement at @nocnews! I've photographed the keynote speakers at the opening session of the 10th Marine Autonomy and Technology Showcase; helped record the next Into the Blue podcast (keep an eye out for when this excit
View fullsize From one adventure to the next. I'm super excited to be on placement at the NOC for the next three months, learning all things communication and outreach. . . . 🏷️ #scientist #scicomm #phdstudent #placement
View fullsize Did you know ice could look so different? I certainly didn't. One of my favourite things of being in the Arctic was learning about and seeing different types of sea ice. We were there just as the new sea ice began to form, a mesmerising process that
View fullsize Was it all just a dream? I often find myself looking back through photos to remind myself it actually happened. . . . . 🏷️ #arctic #northpole #expedition #ice #snow #midnightsun #northernlights #research #science #scientist #researcher
View fullsize I can't believe that the adventure of the last two months is coming to an end.  Here are just a few of my favourite moments. Summarising 9 weeks in 10 photos of this amazing place is nearly impossible. It's hard to express the true beauty and wo
View fullsize Three weeks later and the 2024 Plymouth field course is finished. Roughly 130 students spent three days on the water collecting data which they later analysed in the lab. Hundreds of samples were gathered to measure dissolved oxygen and nutrient conc
View fullsize For those who haven't heard this like a hundred times before...I have been fortunate to travel our oceans from 80°N in the Fram Strait to 70°S in the Weddell Sea (this wasn't in one go but through a couple of research expeditions). Today is W
View fullsize I'm super excited to be part of the NOC open day tomorrow! Outreach is one of the things I enjoy most and think is vital for the success of science. If you're coming, I'm giving a talk in the morning on my experience of life at sea. Otherwise, you'll
View fullsize My latest research expedition experience in numbers: 6 days at sea, 11 scientists on board, 12 CTD stations sampled, 15 sunrises and sunsets captured, 20 years of RAPID measurements, 60 carbon samples collected, 150 oxygen samples analysed, 500 photo
View fullsize I can't believe that it was this time last year that I'd suspended my PhD for a three month research placement in Hamburg. I absolutely loved living abroad, getting to know the team working in the Oceanography department at the Uni, and working on da
View fullsize This week marks the 40th Anniversary of the Thames Barrier. It was officially opened in May 1984 by Queen Elizabeth II and has since closed 221 times to protect 1.42 million people in London from flooding. It was an honour to be part of the celebrati