Dr. Susanne Lockhart, Antarctic biologist from California Academy of Science onboard Greenpeace ship the Arctic Sunrise in Hope Bay in Antarctica. Susanne is a benthic specialist, who has worked for NOAA (US Govt), contributed to the FAO (UN) and been involved in CCAMLR (Antarctic Governance).
Susanne’s work has been used by a host of international agencies to provide data in decision-making around the designation of Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems, specifically in the Antarctic, working with the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR). CCAMLR is the international body responsible for governing the Antarctic waters and which will make the final decision on whether or not to approve the new Antarctic Ocean Sanctuary in the Weddell Sea.