Craig Cary: studying extreme bacteria

Much of Cary's work is concerned with Antarctica but testing runs from this extreme to New Zealand's geothermal pools.

Sampling on Mount Erebus, Antarctica (PHOTO: Supplied)

Working on Tramway Ridge, Mt Erebus (PHOTO: supplied)

Professor Cary in an Antarctica hut cave. (PHOTO: Supplied)

Champagne Pool, Waiotapu near Rotorua, where Cary has studied bacteria. (PHOTO: supplied)

The Pompeii worm in situ (PHOTO: supplied)

The Pompeii worm (PHOTO: Supplied)

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