QUESTION:
What have you learned from Antarctic scientists from other 
countries that might help you with your research?

ANSWER from Bill Fraser, Ecologist/Ornithologist, Antarctica 

         My research has historically focused on the foraging
         ecology of seabirds and, lately, penguins in particular.
         "Foraging ecology" means that I am interested in not only
         what seabirds eat, but how they get their food and how
         their food supplies in the ocean change from year to year.
         These are complex ecological problems, meaning that it is
         often not possible to cover all the bases at one time.
         That is where other researchers can help.  For example,
         the Germans have done great surveys of fish populations
         in the area where I work, and the British have supplied
         me with data on intertidal creatures that seabirds eat.
         To think about how all this might work, imagine that you
         are trying to put together a huge puzzle.  Some of the
         pieces to the puzzle you find on your own, but others
         are found by your fellow "researchers" interested in the
         same puzzle.