There are snow-covered mountains all around and small hamlets all along. Others in the group went skiing, walking into town, shopping. It was a gorgeous day and all Tromsoe was downtown just walking around, enjoying each other and the sun. While on land, spring is slow in coming and plants are slow to respond to the increase in light. In the water, however, the phytoplankton in the water responds much faster to the increasing light levels.
Seawater is full of nutrients from winter mixing.
As they do, these phytoplankton cells sink into waters which are too dark for them to photosynthesize and thus, they cannot live. Chaetoceros socialis phytoplankton will most likely be replaced by other species of phytoplankton. Similar to what we eat in the U.S. but in different proportions. They eat more fish and dairy products. Breakfast is mostly cereal mixed with liquid yogurt.