First week aboard Sharp

Author: Matt Scheuer
Host Vessel: Hugh R. Sharp

June 7th
Got picked up from Salisbury along with Brent. TR, the deckhand who picked us up, broke some bad news when I got in the car. The ship had suffered a pretty serious motor failure the previous day. Nobody knew what happened or how long the repairs would take, but it sounded like we wouldn’t be going anywhere for a while. During the car ride TR told us all about the scallop survey, the crew, and life on the ship. I learned a lot- some exciting and some worrying.

I got to the ship and was welcomed aboard. I was actually here! Everything on the ship was unfamiliar and overwhelmingly cool. The scientists were loading equipment with the deck crane and everybody was working. I met a whole bunch of people in quick succession including my mentor, Ted. Ted started as a MATE intern and is now Sharp’s lead technician. He showed me my room, which I had to myself for now, and gave me a quick tour of the ship. I pretty much followed Ted around for the rest of the day asking questions.

R/V Hugh R Sharp is a relatively new and incredibly high-tech vessel built to conduct a wide range of research. There are computer displays everywhere, an special crane system for the carousel, a big A-frame with two large winches (one fiberoptic). Four big diesel generators power the ship and run two electric Z-drives. Actually, only one z-drive at the moment. The modular deck is set up to be reconfigured with different equipment, as are the large dry and wet labs. The dry lab is currently packed with computers from the scientists. The ship can hold two 20 foot vans (interchangeable container-like rooms) one of which is onboard and set up to measure scallops. The bridge looks like something out of star trek: Three big chairs, a semi-circle of screens, several control panels, and joysticks instead of a wheel. The bridge wraps all the way around for a 360? view and has a mini-control center in the rear for steering or operating cranes.

Already I felt like I should be doing something and helping. But I had no idea what to do or how to do anything. Everyone was talking about the motor and waiting for information. Standing by to stand by. I helped the cook load some groceries, then we were all given the day off. We spent it at the beach. Definitely exactly what I was expecting for the first day of my internship, but a great way to get to know some of the crew and hear their stories, advice, and opinions about working on the ship.

The plan is to work on maintenance and preparations while we sit at the dock. It sounds like there’s a lot to do, the ship has a long list of neglected and broken things. In port we work 7am-3pm monday-friday instead of a rotating watch. Most of the crew live nearby in town and are not staying on the ship overnight. The scientists stay here though.

The starboard drive motor has been removed through a large deck hatch and brought to a repair company in dover. I don’t know the extent of damage but I’ve heard people say it was pretty bad. While we wait for the motor, we’re fixing broken/neglected stuff, preparing equipment, and the scientists are setting up their gear.

June 8th
Two main sampling techniques are going to be used for this scallop survey: a simple scallop dredge and the HABCAM v4. The HABCAM (Habitat Camera) is basically a big towed camera that photographs the sea floor and creates a continuous ribbon of pictures. It doesn’t disturb the bottom the way a dredge does and can provide a whole lot of interesting data. Its heavy stainless steel frame is just smaller than a car and holds the camera, flashes, and several other sensors including a sidescan sonar unit. It’s towed just over the bottom and sends images up our fiberoptic winch cable.

https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/D1HSs3TnSdOSaUJf-RjAGrmVY76ceysKV-lKjL5QGt8 HABCAM being positioned on deck whith the crane.

The scientists spent the day working to re-terminate and attach our fiber cable, which apparently is not an easy task. The cable is spliced and epoxied into a large metal fitting which bolts to the habcam. They had to do a pull-test to set the cable into the epoxy and make sure it was strong enough. We attached the fitting to the deck and pulled 11,000 pounds of tension on it with the winch. It held.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-cfmF468GCz4/U7G6l_U6lFI/AAAAAAAAJfg/yavRFiFBEXo/s1200/_MG_4529.jpg HABCAM cable termination

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Wcmm716_W-k/U7G6YKMlHcI/AAAAAAAAJcw/j7JsApE7RL0/s512/IMG_0086.JPG pull test

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RIFy4pzf5gI/U7G6mfBZ0BI/AAAAAAAAJfk/CiVJ8l4nP2g/s800/_MG_4562.jpg and dunk test

Later in the evening I went to the movies with some of the scientists. It seems like the crew and the scientists tend to separate themselves. Technicians are in an interesting place in the middle. I like our science people and want to get to know them better.

June 9th
There was supposed to be a fiberoptic internet cable running under the parking lot so that the boat has high speed internet while in port. We hooked it up but it wasn’t working. Instead, we ran a few hundred feet of cat5 cable from the building, high over the driveway and to the ship. It didn’t work immediately and we spent a few days messing with network stuff.

Brent, the technician who came to the ship with me, left. UNOLS can’t pay him to sit around without the ship going anywhere.

To be honest, things here are a little more chaotic, unregulated, and SNAFU than I was expecting. I’m slightly worried about some of it. Sharp, though young, has streaks of rust down the sides of her white hull. A bunch of systems are broken. Stuff isn’t strapped down for heavy seas. All the high-tech design features add over-complication and more things to break. I’ve already heard plenty of complaints, “office politics”, and seen some questionably safe things. There’s less of an oppressively safety-first atmosphere and less motivation that I’ve experienced elsewhere. I suppose I got used to the procedures and attitude at Sea Education Association, where they go WAY above and beyond with safety, caring for the ship, keeping order, and doing everything exactly by the books. But SEA has to- they’re training people and bringing new students far out to sea. Things on the Sharp are a little more “practical”. I think the problems are mostly due to us being stuck at the dock without most of the crew aboard. Everybody says that it will be entirely different once we put to sea.

June 10
Apparently the motor “lost it’s field” (whatever that means) and burned out. It’s salvageable but needs new brush mounts. These are a pretty simple-looking part, however they’re made of a weird alloy that has to be special ordered or custom forged. Nobody seems to know what actually caused the motor to burn out. Hopefully we can get the parts and be out in a few days.

We went into town to buy some tools, equipment, and gear. It turns out that the foul weather stuff is for working with the scallops and dredge; we need the real heavy fisherman kind instead of what I had. My boots also aren’t tall or waterproof enough. They got me a set of Grundens.

Max (one of the ships techs) and I spent a lot of this week cleaning out the flowthrough system. The followthrough system allows scientists to continuously collect basic water quality data by pumping sea water through a series of sensors that take measurements. Someone had run it improperly and left salt water sitting in it. Everything inside was coated with sludgy algae. Max and I drained the system then disassembled the tubes and machines to clean everything out. Somehow, there had been full-grown barnacles living in this thing! Hopefully they weren’t eating too much plankton before it got to the fluromoeter. Not that it would read properly anyway because they were living in the cuvette as well. We thought that the cleaning the flowthrough system would be an afternoon project at most- just snaking out the pipes. In reality, it took about four days.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-q1Id6oPyKIc/U7G6aBmZ8RI/AAAAAAAAJdA/mD2HnFhi2HI/s800/IMG_0130.JPG Working on the flowthrough system.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uso7pdrJNbQ/U7G6ZkHAH0I/AAAAAAAAJc8/6ekj8Gn4alE/s800/IMG_0122.JPG That's a declicate cuvette completely full of barnacles.

June 11th
Finally finished with the flowthrough, Ted asked me to design a waterproof box for an ethernet hub in the doghouse (winch control booth on deck). I took measurements and found an otterbox that will be perfect once modified. Ted ordered it.

The Sharp has a tall flybridge which raises our center of gravity but is a great platform for mounting antennas and spotting things in the water. Today us techs ran cables through the ship and installed a new set of 4g antennas up on the top. These will give us a pretty good internet connection when we’re within range of cell towers.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-D3s-gi3cXiM/U7G6clKNHWI/AAAAAAAAJdY/E9_GgZnxoxU/s800/IMG_0151.JPG There are definitely not enough antennas up there. Lets add more!

Working aloft was a lot of fun. I already feel like a real part of the crew. I think we all mesh very well- in large part because we share a similar crude and sarcastic sense of humor. I love it, it makes every job more fun.

The engineers fixed a problem with the sewage system and also got the bow thruster back online. It was a good day. Things got done.

We saw a huge sea turtle right here in the harbor, probably a loggerhead. There are also diamondback terrapins all over the place. Our marina is right at the mouth of an estuary, next to a big salt marsh and nature preserve. There’s a remarkable amount of life here. Schools of fish, diverse birds, and plenty of fishermen. It seems to be an strikingly healthy, flourishing ecosystem. There are several osprey nests, one of which is on a pole about a hundred feet from the ship. In it, two attentive parents are raising an adorable fledgeling. The Sharp’s flybridge is just about level with the nest, we can easily see them bring fish back and feed the baby.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-I6meiyMbWVY/U7G6oXJvoOI/AAAAAAAAJgI/AFHgLXTstc4/s1200/_MG_5503.jpg See? Turtle.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LUM_7zT5_SE/U7G6nbirj8I/AAAAAAAAJf0/NIX_ehk8pwM/s1200/_MG_5408%2520srgb.jpg
Osprey family.

Speaking of food, the food onboard has been great! Paul is a good cook.

June 12
We had to take the sketchy parking lot ethernet cable down, then put it back up again. Sort of annoying and dangerous. Anything for that high speed connection though!

The scientists finished their setup and went back to woods hole at 5am. They can’t sit around while the boat isn’t going anywhere. I feel pretty bad for them, hopefully this delay doesn’t impact their projects too much.

Ted asked me to organize our spare parts, which are kept in the forward storage room. That bow compartment is also where all the nonperishable food and drinks are kept. Since we had recently taken on food that nobody put away, I couldn’t get past it to reach most of our tech stuff. I spent most of the day cleaning up and organizing food stores. I wasn’t really supposed to move all the food around, but it was in my way. Luckily the cook and captain both said they appreciated it. Once our food was out of the way I straightened up and consolidated the boxes of tech stuff and made sure they were as secure as possible. I couldn’t properly inventory everything because I’m just learning with most of the random cables are for. This was a perfect way to start getting familiar with what we have onboard.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-5vHNt5hyfp0/U7G6d4B0pDI/AAAAAAAAJek/8yH3Jj7Borg/s512/IMG_0178.JPG before

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-kakSc7xmYsQ/U7G6ehglQfI/AAAAAAAAJds/hu9Z4N7_8Ag/s512/IMG_0179.JPG after

Tim, who’s in charge of the tech department, lent me a bike to get around on. It's a big help while we're here in port.

June 13
I Helped TR with his project- renovating and organizing one of the deck lockers. Then I was given the job of cleaning up an old box corer. It’s a heavy metal device that’s dropped to the bottom and takes a large sediment sample. It’s very rusty. I learned how to use a needle gun to remove rust. The needle gun is a pneumatic tool with a bunch of quickly reciprocating rods that chip rust away very effectively. Rust busting is hard work, but actually pretty fun.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-SC04JN-cPCE/U7G6oz6xlpI/AAAAAAAAJgU/0JpFL9hThpM/s1200/_MG_5535.jpg Cleaning up part of the box corer.

The marina shop here is amazing. It’s a small warehouse with everything from a machine shop to a woodworking space. There’s a multi-story garage called the high bay with big doors and a 5-ton lift that can travel across the ceiling. Awesome place to work.

There was a beautiful lightning storm in the evening, I took some pictures from the bridge.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-89u8WM2u_1g/U7G6ozlfBUI/AAAAAAAAJgc/xyBE3YMnVgc/s1200/_MG_5710.jpg Life is dangerous when you're an osprey.

Weekend June 14/15
Saturday I slept late, relaxed, and did a little work. Sunday I was just getting ready to spend the day in town when Max showed up and took me to a cookout at Ted’s house. We played lawn games and grilled scallops that were frozen from the last cruise. They were delicious.

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Week 5: Arrival - 08/11/2021
Week 6 - 08/11/2021
Week 5 with Alvin - 08/11/2021
Day 28 - 08/09/2021
Week 4: To and Through the Panama Canal - 08/06/2021
Day 23 - 08/04/2021
Week 4 with the Alvin team - 08/03/2021
3rd Week at Sea (In Route to Panama) - 08/02/2021
Week 3: A Sweaty Set Up - 08/01/2021

July 2021

Weeks 2 and 3: Electrical Testing - 07/30/2021
Day 18 - 07/30/2021
2nd Week at Sea (Anacortes, WA to SF, CA) - 07/26/2021
Week 2: Methane Seeps! - 07/25/2021
Day 12 - 07/24/2021
1st Week at Sea - 07/18/2021
Day 5 - 07/17/2021
Week 1 of My Internship - 07/14/2021
Week 1: Predeparture - 07/12/2021
Introduction - 07/11/2021
Getting Ready to Fly Out - 07/05/2021
Sailing off on a New Horizon - 07/01/2021

December 2020

Week 35 & 36: On The Walton Smith - 12/11/2020
Week 45: Wrapping things up - 12/11/2020
Week 44: Soldering Penetrators - 12/04/2020

November 2020

Week 43: Cleaning and Holidays - 11/27/2020
Week 42: Video Killed the Video Hub? - 11/20/2020
Week 41: Messy Work - 11/13/2020
Week 40: In the Ring - 11/06/2020
Week 34: On The Walton Smith - 11/02/2020

October 2020

Week 39: Some of the Pieces Come Together - 10/30/2020
Week 38: Verification and Inventory - 10/23/2020
Week 37: More Moving and Wires - 10/16/2020
Week 33: On The Walton Smith - 10/12/2020
Week 36: Circuit Board Soldering - 10/09/2020
Week 32: On The Walton Smith - 10/05/2020
Week 35: Soldering work - 10/02/2020

September 2020

Week 31: On The Walton Smith - 09/28/2020
Week 34: Headphones and Loud Noises - 09/25/2020
Week 30: On The Walton Smith - 09/21/2020
Week 33: Circuits! - 09/18/2020
Week 29: On The Walton Smith - 09/14/2020
Week 32: Running in Circles with Motor Controllers - 09/11/2020
Week 28: On The Walton Smith - 09/09/2020
Week 31: Simulating Alvin - 09/04/2020
Week 27: On The Walton Smith - 09/02/2020

August 2020

Week 30: Under Pressure - 08/28/2020
Week 26: On The Walton Smith - 08/24/2020
Week 29: Soldering in Circles - 08/21/2020
Week 25: On The Walton Smith - 08/18/2020
Week 28: Smaller Disassembly - 08/14/2020
Week 27: Fail to Pass - 08/07/2020
Week 24: On The Walton Smith - 08/07/2020
Week 23: On The Walton Smith - 08/06/2020
Week 22: On The Walton Smith - 08/05/2020

July 2020

Week 26: Real Work with Real Problems - 07/31/2020
Week 25: Start and Stop - 07/24/2020
Week 24: Fuses and Writing - 07/17/2020
Week 21: On The Walton Smith - 07/14/2020
Week 20: On the Walton Smith - 07/13/2020
Week 23:Keep on Working - 07/10/2020
Week 22: Starting Maintenance Projects - 07/03/2020
Week 18-19: On the Walton Smith - 07/03/2020

June 2020

Week 21: Preparing the Shop - 06/26/2020
Week 20: Life without Alvin - 06/19/2020
Week 17: On the Walton Smith - 06/16/2020
Week 16: On the Walton Smith - 06/12/2020
Week 19: Alvin? What Alvin? - 06/12/2020
Week 18: Very Little Sub Left - 06/05/2020
Week 15: On the Walton Smith - 06/03/2020

May 2020

Week 17: Continued Alvin Deconstruction - 05/29/2020
Week 14: On the Walton Smith - 05/27/2020
Week 16: Barely There Alvin - 05/22/2020
Week 13: On the Walton Smith - 05/20/2020
Week 15: Alvin Insides - 05/16/2020
Week 12: On the walton smith - 05/13/2020
Week 14: Return to Work - 05/09/2020
Week 11: On the walton smith - 05/06/2020
Week 13: Read On - 05/03/2020

April 2020

Week 10: On the walton smith - 04/29/2020
Week 12: The Reading Continues - 04/26/2020
Week 9: On the walton smith - 04/22/2020
Week 11: More Reading - 04/19/2020
Week 8: On the walton smith - 04/14/2020
Week 8: On the walton smith - 04/14/2020
Week 10: Continued At Home Reading - 04/12/2020
Week 7: Saying Goodbye - 04/10/2020
Weeks 6 & 7: On The Walton Smith - 04/07/2020
Week 9: At Home Research - 04/05/2020

March 2020

Week 6: Heading Home - 03/30/2020
Week 8: On Ship, Off Ship - 03/29/2020
Week 7: The Alvin Has Landed - 03/22/2020
Week 5: Changing out an Antenna - 03/22/2020
Week 5: Thinking Mud, Part II - 03/21/2020
Week 4: On the Walton smith - 03/16/2020
Week 6: Finishing Up At Sea - 03/15/2020
Week 2: Constant Change - 03/14/2020
Week 3: Preparing For Haul Out - 03/11/2020
Week 2: First time out - 03/10/2020
Week 3: Preparing the Ship for Haul Out - 03/10/2020
Weeks 3&4: Thinking Mud - 03/10/2020
Week 3: Preparing the Ship for Haul Out - 03/08/2020
Week 5: Smooth Seas Do Not Make Skillful Sailors - 03/08/2020
Week 1: Welcome to Bermuda - 03/07/2020
Week 4: Work, Work, Work - 03/01/2020

February 2020

Week 2: Our First Trip - 02/29/2020
Week 2: Barbados - 02/26/2020
Week 1: Arrived at the Walton Smith - 02/24/2020
Week 3: Out and Back Again - 02/23/2020
week 1: Arrived at the Walton Smith - 02/21/2020
Week 1: Arrived at the Walton Smith - 02/21/2020
Pre Cruise Introduction - 02/19/2020
Week 1: Aboard the Endeavor and off to Barbados - 02/17/2020
Week 2: Finally Underway - 02/16/2020
Pre-Cruise Introduction - 02/10/2020
Week 1: On board (kinda) - 02/09/2020
Pre-Cruise Introduction - 02/03/2020
Pre-Cruise Introduction - 02/01/2020

November 2019

Week 10: Homeward Bound - 11/02/2019

October 2019

Week 8: Conte Cruise - 10/31/2019
Week 9: Gulf of Alaska - 10/26/2019
Week 7: Second BATS Cruise - 10/24/2019
Week 8: Port Call - 10/19/2019
Week 6: Wilhelm Cruise - 10/17/2019
Week 7: Sea Gliders - 10/12/2019
Week 5: Return to Bermuda - 10/10/2019
Week 6: Marginal Ice Zone - 10/05/2019
Week 4: BATSVAL Cruise and Puerto Rico - 10/03/2019

September 2019

Week 5: Back to Beaufort Sea - 09/28/2019
Week 3: Port Days - 09/26/2019
Week 4: Ice Station - 09/20/2019
Week 2: Humberto - 09/19/2019
Week 3: Sea Ice - 09/13/2019
Week 1: First Cruise - 09/12/2019
Week 2: Bering Sea - 09/07/2019
Week 16 - 09/05/2019
Test Blog - Preparation and Arrival - 09/04/2019
End of Internship - 09/04/2019
Last Cruise aboard the RV Atlantic Explorer - 09/01/2019

August 2019

Week 1: Dutch Harbor - 08/31/2019
So Long Reykjanes Ridge - 08/30/2019
FINAL WEEK on Healy- no longer an Iceworm - 08/26/2019
Last Multiple Day Cruise - 08/25/2019
Week 14 - 08/24/2019
Week 4 On the Healy - 08/19/2019
Week 4 on Healy - Near the end of HLY1901 - 08/19/2019
Second to Last Cruise - 08/18/2019
Week 11 - 08/13/2019
Week 3 on Healy - HLY1901 - 08/12/2019
Week 3 on the Healy-First week of science - 08/11/2019
Roughest weather since I've been in Bermuda - 08/11/2019
Week 2 on Healy - Kodiak to Nome and Science - 08/06/2019
Week 2 on Healy - 08/04/2019
Holiday in Bermuda - 08/04/2019

July 2019

Week 10 - 07/31/2019
First Blog Post - 07/30/2019
Week 1 Healy - 07/29/2019
Week 1 on Healy - Seattle to Kodiak - 07/29/2019
NSF Inspection - 07/28/2019
Modern life at sea - 07/24/2019
Sweet somber sailing - 07/22/2019
Learning From Different Perspectives - 07/21/2019
Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Study - 07/21/2019
Introduction - 07/20/2019
Pre-Internship Introduction - 07/16/2019
Birthday on Board - 07/16/2019
XBT gonna give it to ya - 07/15/2019
Week 9 - 07/15/2019
Always Saying Yes to Learning Experiences - 07/14/2019
First Week in Bermuda - 07/14/2019
The speed of sound - 07/11/2019
Week 2, What to Do - 07/08/2019
Week 2 - Ping it on - 07/08/2019
Reality on a research vessel - 07/04/2019
The Midnight Sun Has Set on Week 1 - 07/02/2019
Week 1 in the N. Atlantic - 07/01/2019

June 2019

Orienting ourselves on an ocean mapping cruise - 06/24/2019
Week Six: The Final Week on the R/V Hugh R. Sharp - 06/24/2019
Pre-Cruise: Preparing for a Month Under the Icelandic Midnight Sun - 06/23/2019
Don't mind if I do... - 06/21/2019
Week 7 - 06/19/2019
Week 5 - This is how the survey ends - 06/15/2019
Week Five: The Last Week of the Scallop Survey - 06/15/2019
Week 4 - Teter Rock - 06/14/2019
Week Four: Lost in the Abyss - 06/08/2019
Week 5 - 06/05/2019
Week Three: Eat. Sleep. Dredge. Repeat - 06/01/2019

May 2019

Week 4 - 05/29/2019
Week 2 - Scallop Survey Shuffle - 05/28/2019
Week Two: Endless HABCAM - 05/25/2019
Week 3 - 05/22/2019
Week One- The Beginning - 05/18/2019
Happy HABCAM'ing - 05/18/2019
Week 2 - 05/15/2019
Pre-Intern - 05/11/2019
Pre-cruise test - 05/10/2019
My MATE Internship - 05/10/2019
Week 1 - 05/08/2019

November 2018

Week 5: All Good Things Must Come to an End - 11/23/2018
Week 4: As the Sun Sets, Winter Awakes. - 11/16/2018
Week 3: Pancakes, Polynyas, and Polar Bears - 11/09/2018
Week 2: Shoot for the STARcS - 11/02/2018
7. Time to Say Goodbye - 11/01/2018

October 2018

Week 1: Up up up and Underway - 10/26/2018
6. CLIO is on Board - 10/25/2018
Week Five: Inport Dutch Harbor - 10/20/2018
Week Four: Finishing Science Ops and Steaming Towards Dutch - 10/13/2018
Final Week: Full-Circle Reflection - 10/13/2018
5. Back in Bermuda - 10/12/2018
Preparing for an High Arctic Expedition - 10/11/2018
Week Three:80 degrees north - 10/06/2018
4. Arrival in Puerto Rico - 10/05/2018

September 2018

Week Two: The Start of the SODA Moorings. - 09/29/2018
3. En Route to Puerto Rico - 09/28/2018
Week Twenty-Two: Part of Something Big - 09/23/2018
2. Arrival, but no boat - 09/22/2018
Week One: Underway from Dutch Harbor and into the realm of the Arctic Circle - 09/22/2018
Week Twenty-One: Hello, Old Friend - 09/17/2018
1. Time for an Adventure - 09/14/2018
Pre-Internship Healy 1802 - 09/12/2018
Week Twenty: Last Days In Alaska - 09/09/2018
5: The turn of the tide - 09/09/2018
4 My Final Week with the Alvin Group Aboard the Atlantis - 09/05/2018
Week Nineteen: Aleutian Appreciation - 09/02/2018

August 2018

3 First Week at Sea with the Alvin Group - 08/29/2018
Week 3: Ahhh-tlantis - 08/27/2018
4: Into the abyss - 08/26/2018
Week Eighteen: To-Do List - 08/26/2018
Week Seventeen: Staying Cool Under Pressure - 08/20/2018
3: Across the horizon - 08/20/2018
2 Preparation for the Atlantis/Alvin Cruise - 08/20/2018
Week 2: Leaving Land - 08/18/2018
Week 1- On board R/V Atlantis - 08/13/2018
2: New beginnings - 08/13/2018
1 Aboard the R/V Atlantis with the Alvin Group - 08/13/2018
Week Sixteen: Arctic Chill - 08/12/2018
Week Fifteen: Iceworm no Longer - 08/05/2018
1: From one boat to another - 08/05/2018
Anticipating Alvin - 08/03/2018

July 2018

Week Fourteen: Cruising to Kodiak - 07/30/2018
Week Thirteen: 47deg N at 85deg F - 07/23/2018
0 Pre-Internship Post: R/V Atlantis - 07/23/2018
Challenging Myself - 07/17/2018
Week 2-aka Last Week at BIOS - 07/15/2018
Week 1-Into the Bermuda Triangle - 07/08/2018
Week Twelve: Troubleshooting - 07/08/2018
Week 1-Into the Bermuda Triangle! - 07/08/2018
Week Eleven: Spruce and Sea Spray - 07/02/2018

June 2018

Pre-Internship Blog Post - 06/29/2018
There and Back Again - 06/25/2018
Week Ten: The Quick Turnaround - 06/24/2018
R/V Atlantic Explorer Week 2 - 06/22/2018
Stateside - 06/21/2018
Week Nine: Science and Salvage - 06/17/2018
All Hands On Deck - 06/14/2018
The HABCAM Returns - 06/12/2018
Week Eight: Night Fishing - 06/11/2018
Smooth Seas and Proper Preparation - 06/04/2018
Week Seven: Dirt Don't Hurt - 06/03/2018

May 2018

Higher Latitudes, Lower Temperatures - 05/30/2018
Ready to Depart! - 05/29/2018
Week Six: At the Dock - 05/28/2018
Wait it's only been a week? - 05/22/2018
Week Five: Hit Ground and Run - 05/20/2018
Week Four: Countdown to Reykjavik - 05/14/2018
Ready to Depart - 05/13/2018
Week Three: Transit to Iceland - 05/06/2018

April 2018

Week Two: A Return to the Day Shift - 04/29/2018
Week One: Rough Seas - 04/22/2018
Arrival - 04/14/2018

November 2017

USCGC Healy - Final Week - 11/19/2017
USCGC Healy - Slide into Seward - 11/12/2017
USCGC Healy - Happy Healy-ween! - 11/05/2017

October 2017

USCGC Healy - Science and Seinfeld - 10/29/2017
USCGC Healy - Getting Started - 10/22/2017
Saying Goodbye - 10/13/2017
I'm going to name my dog, Niskin! - 10/10/2017
USCGC Healy - Internship Starting Next Week! - 10/08/2017
Don't tell the bears, I'm stuck! - 10/02/2017
Leaving for Puerto Rico- Did I mention Hurricane Maria JUST passed? - 10/01/2017

September 2017

Nature's Discotech - 09/25/2017
Cruisin' to the Big City - 09/24/2017
Everyone's grows up sometimes: Holding my own shift - 09/17/2017
Preparing to go meet USCGC Healy - 09/16/2017
Week 3 Aboard the USCGC Healy - 09/12/2017
Storms, Cruise Prep and my First Milli-Q Installation - 09/10/2017
Week 2 Aboard the USCGC Healy - 09/05/2017
Week 5.286 Aboard the Armstrong - 09/04/2017
I've been suspended from a crane! - 09/03/2017
Week 4: Adieu Atlantis - 09/02/2017
Week 5 Aboard the Armstrong - 09/01/2017

August 2017

Week 1 Aboard the USCGC Healy - 08/29/2017
Surprise Mooring Cruise - 08/27/2017
Pictures Galore! - 08/25/2017
Week 4 Aboard the Armstrong - 08/25/2017
BATS: Round Two! - 08/20/2017
Week 3 Aboard the Armstrong - 08/18/2017
Pre-Internship USCGC Healy - 08/17/2017
A Welcome Return from Canada - 08/13/2017
Week 3 Aboard the Walton Smith: Everglades, waterways, and CTDs - 08/12/2017
Week 2 Aboard the Armstrong - 08/11/2017
From Bermuda to Halifax, Canada - 08/06/2017
Week 1 Aboard the Armstrong - 08/04/2017

July 2017

Week 2 Aboard the Walton Smith: Tucker Trawls, Shrimp, and Bioluminescence - 07/30/2017
On shore in Bermuda - 07/28/2017
Week 1 Aboard the Walton Smith: Knots, Navigation, and CTDs - 07/23/2017
A Welcoming Arrival and First Cruise in Bermuda - 07/21/2017
Before I Set Sail - 07/18/2017
Week 4 on the F. G. Walton Smith - 07/17/2017
Before the internship aboard the F.G Walton Smith - 07/16/2017
Home and an Awaiting Adventure in Bermuda - 07/14/2017
Week 3 on the F. G. Walton Smith - 07/09/2017
Week 2 on the F. G. Walton Smith - 07/03/2017

June 2017

Reflections and my Final Trip on the Pelican - 06/30/2017
Week 1 on the F. G. Walton Smith - 06/25/2017
Final Two Weeks: Hurricane Season - 06/22/2017
Week Five: We're on the move - 06/20/2017
Week Five on the R/V Sharp - 06/17/2017
A New Vessel in Mississippi - 06/15/2017
Week 4 -the beginning of the engineering cruse- - 06/14/2017
Florida on the R/V F. G. Walton Smith - 06/11/2017
Week Four on the R/V Sharp - 06/09/2017
Pictures from Scallop Leg 2 - 06/06/2017
Week three is a Little late - 06/06/2017
Beautiful Deep Sea Discoveries- Photos Galor, A MUST Read! - 06/06/2017
Week Three on R/V Sharp - 06/02/2017

May 2017

Deep Water Horizon, Shipwrecks and ROVS - 05/29/2017
Its week two on board the Atlantis - 05/28/2017
Week 2 on R/V Sharp - 05/27/2017
Pictures from Scallop Leg 1 - 05/25/2017
First week with the R/V Atlantis - 05/23/2017
Big Wigs and Boat Celebrations in Baton Rouge - 05/22/2017
Week 1 on R/V Sharp - 05/19/2017
Preparation for Internship aboard R/V Atlantis - 05/15/2017
Docks and Landers in the Gulf - 05/15/2017
Getting Ready for my Internship on R/V Hugh R. Sharp - 05/10/2017
First Month Down - 05/08/2017
Mexico, Storms and Drones - 05/01/2017

April 2017

Week Two: The Sound of Pelicans and the Smell of New Orleans! - 04/22/2017
Week 1: The Gulf of Mexico and Dolphins! - 04/13/2017
Almost on my Way! - 04/01/2017

October 2016

Conclusions on the R/V Sikuliaq - 10/12/2016

September 2016

Sheets and Ice Sheets: Taking the Plunge - 09/16/2016
Blog 6: Day 28 - The End in Sight - 09/11/2016
WEEK 9- Breakdown, Bottles and Bees - 09/10/2016
Blog 5: Day 26 - Pictures! - 09/09/2016
CTDs, Sea Ice and Polar Bears - 09/08/2016
Blog 4: Day 22 - White September - 09/05/2016
WEEK 8- Cable Termination, Nearing the End - 09/03/2016

August 2016

Transiting on the R/V Sikuliaq! - 08/30/2016
Blog 3: Day 14 - Waiting out the ice - 08/28/2016
WEEK 7- An Unexpected Visit Home - 08/27/2016
Blog 2: Day 7 - I think I see Russia - 08/21/2016
WEEK 6- Alongside - 08/20/2016
Blog 1: Day 0 - Pre-internship post - 08/14/2016
Better late than never - 08/14/2016
WEEK 5- Canceled Cruises, Funeral For Our Fallen Brother - 08/13/2016
Return and Reflect - 08/10/2016
Week 4- Downtime and Tragedy - 08/08/2016
Week 3- South Florida Ecosystem Restoration Cruise - 08/03/2016
Moorings and Transit - 08/03/2016

July 2016

Creatures of the Pockmarks - 07/26/2016
Pre-Internship on the R/V Sikuliaq! - 07/25/2016
Week 2-Bioluminescent Sea Creatures - 07/24/2016
Station to Station - 07/20/2016
Week 1 - 07/17/2016
Another successful cruise - 07/17/2016
Backing and Ramming - 07/11/2016
R/V Sikuliaq Cruise Report - 07/07/2016
Pre-Internship Blog - 07/07/2016
Holiday at Sea- Week 1 - 07/04/2016
Quiet times - 07/02/2016
Blog 3, Final - 07/01/2016

June 2016

Final Week Aboard the Sharp - 06/30/2016
Mid-Intern post - 06/28/2016
Introduction and Anticipation - 06/27/2016
Pre-Internship Blog Test - 06/26/2016
USCG Healy Internship - Post 2 - 06/24/2016
Week 5 Aboard the R/V Sharp - 06/20/2016
Pre-internship blog - 06/19/2016
BATS Cruise - 06/16/2016
Week 4 Aboard the R/V sharp - 06/14/2016
Back at it - 06/14/2016
Pre-Internship - Post 1 - 06/13/2016
Week 3 Aboard the R/V Sharp - 06/09/2016
Hydrostation Time! - 06/09/2016
The End or the Beginning? - 06/09/2016
A Quick Update - 06/04/2016
Week 2 Aboard the R/V Sharp - 06/02/2016
Week Three - Back at the Dock - 06/02/2016
A Slight Change of Plans - 06/01/2016

May 2016

Week 01 - 05/28/2016
Week Two- Change of Plans - 05/26/2016
Week 1 - 05/22/2016
Pre-Internship - 05/22/2016
Land! - 05/20/2016
Week One in the Bermuda Triangle - 05/19/2016
Moving into sediment - 05/14/2016
Pre-Internship - 05/10/2016
Pre-Intern - 05/10/2016
Mapping Complete - 05/06/2016
Seafloor mapping out in the Pacific - 05/03/2016

April 2016

Transit - 04/17/2016
Back at sea - 04/09/2016
Picture test - 04/09/2016
Stuck - 04/07/2016

March 2016

Busy busy busy - 03/26/2016
Week 1 - 03/13/2016
Pre-internship - 03/02/2016

September 2015

The last few days on R/V Langseth - 09/12/2015
Looking for freshwater - 09/06/2015
Week One: The Langseth is hard at work - 09/06/2015

August 2015

Week 4- The journey back - 08/28/2015
Getting ready for the Langseth! - 08/25/2015
Week 3- Home stretch - 08/21/2015
The End - 08/19/2015
Week 2- Equipment - 08/15/2015
Multibeam/Coring Cruise - 08/13/2015
Week One- Getting acquainted - 08/07/2015

July 2015

Let The Science Begin - 07/31/2015
I didn't blow up the ship! - 07/30/2015
My third and longest trip - 07/27/2015
New England Mud Patch - 07/23/2015
First 12 days on the Point Sur - 07/17/2015
Week 2 - From Port to the Deep Blue - 07/15/2015
Back to Corvallis - 07/14/2015
Searching for Deep Sea Prey - 07/09/2015
RV Langseth: Last blog post - 07/08/2015
Dreams do come true - 07/05/2015
First day aboard the RV Falkor - 07/05/2015
RV Langseth: Wrapping up Coverage - 07/03/2015
First Week at Sea - 07/02/2015

June 2015

End of a Chapter - 06/25/2015
RV Langseth: Fishing gear - 06/24/2015
R/V Pelican- The End - 06/21/2015
After the Healy - 06/20/2015
Days of Dredging - 06/18/2015
RV Langseth: Mowin' the grass - 06/17/2015
R/V Pelican: Waiting on the Weather - 06/13/2015
Dredging, Whales, and the Last Leg - 06/11/2015
RV Langseth: Data Rolling in - 06/10/2015
RV Langseth: First week out at sea - 06/04/2015
R/V Pelican- Almost there! - 06/04/2015
Fun with Dredging - 06/04/2015
Quick update - 06/01/2015

May 2015

Transitions - 05/28/2015
RV Langseth: First few days on the boat - 05/27/2015
Pre-Internship Hello - 05/22/2015
Week #1: Settling In - 05/21/2015
From parts to product - 05/20/2015
RV Langseth: Getting ready to go - 05/19/2015
Adios San Diego, Hola Portland! What we do while in transit … - 05/15/2015
Pre-Internship Excitement - 05/13/2015
Reflections - 05/08/2015
Best laid plans … - 05/01/2015

April 2015

Understanding Wire and Rope (Part 1) - Wire - 04/28/2015
Oregon Coast Marine Life - 04/20/2015
Maintenance, Sampling and Catching (because anyone can fish) - 04/17/2015
Haze Gray (white) and Underway - 04/07/2015
Ocean Observatories Initiative Cruise - 04/03/2015

March 2015

3..2..1..Start - 03/24/2015
La felia padrig (Happy St. Patty's Day) - 03/17/2015

October 2014

The End…for now - 10/13/2014

September 2014

Cape Crusaders - 09/30/2014
Our love/hate relationship with electronics - 09/25/2014
Looking Westward - 09/23/2014
Our favorite patch of ocean - 09/16/2014
Last Day - 09/12/2014
On my own - 09/11/2014
In all her glory - 09/09/2014
Let's do this! - 09/02/2014
Irminger to Iceland - 09/02/2014

August 2014

Apocalypse Now - 08/27/2014
A picture is worth a thousand words - 08/27/2014
The R/V Oceanus marine tech team - 08/26/2014
Week Six- The End - 08/26/2014
Steaming west in the Labrador Sea - 08/25/2014
Hole in the hull - 08/21/2014
Week Five - 08/20/2014
R/V Knorr is in the Labrador Sea - 08/18/2014
Week Four - 08/15/2014
Castles in the sand - 08/15/2014
Last OBS cruise - 08/13/2014
2 down and another to go... - 08/11/2014
Working on the Irminger Sea - 08/10/2014
Reflections after the internship - 08/08/2014
Week Three- Not so many Thunderstorms - 08/06/2014
On the R/V Knorr - 08/05/2014
CTDs - 08/04/2014
Deploying OBSs - 08/03/2014

July 2014

Sea sickness under control - 07/31/2014
Week Two- Good Bye Scallops, Hello Thunderstorms - 07/30/2014
The Final Post - 07/29/2014
Arrived to Dutch Harbor - 07/28/2014
The End, with a Polar Bear! - 07/27/2014
Hi Seas Net: a frustrating mystery - 07/26/2014
5 days until Iceland - 07/26/2014
Boat delivery service - 07/25/2014
Observations and Ideas - 07/24/2014
Filtering Phytoplankton! - 07/23/2014
Internship begins - 07/22/2014
Week One-Scalloping - 07/21/2014
Shenanigans and work - 07/19/2014
Adjusting - 07/18/2014
RVHRS Scallop Survey - Last Leg - 07/17/2014
The first week flew by soon we are ready for work - 07/15/2014
On to the Healy and a Rescue in the Ice! - 07/15/2014
RVHRS Scallop Survey - Second Leg - 07/14/2014
First week onboard R/V Oceanus - 07/13/2014
Just finished preparing, ready to begin - 07/07/2014
Ready to Go - 07/07/2014
The First days Aboard the USCGC Healy - 07/06/2014
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end - 07/03/2014

June 2014

Third week on the Sharp - 06/30/2014
RVHRS Scallop Survey - First Leg - 06/30/2014
Preparation for the Journey through Ice and Snow - 06/29/2014
IT WORKS!! - 06/27/2014
Second week on the Sharp - 06/16/2014
Preparations - 06/11/2014
Ocean Bottom Electromagnetic Receivers - 06/10/2014
First week aboard Sharp - 06/07/2014
Applying, packing, and travel - 06/06/2014

May 2014

Departing for My Internship! - 05/29/2014
On Board the R/V Oceanus - 05/05/2014

April 2014

Manganese Mania - 04/30/2014
End of my Thompson Hitch - 04/16/2014
No More MoorSPICE - 04/02/2014

March 2014

Solomon Seas with MoorSPICE - 03/19/2014
Transit to New Caledonia - 03/05/2014

February 2014

End of the Wave Chasers Cruise - 02/19/2014
Tow-Yo Troubles on the Thompson - 02/06/2014

January 2014

Gray Skies and Blue Marlin - 01/28/2014
Let the Wave Chasing Commence! - 01/19/2014
Gearing up for 40 days with the WaveChasers - 01/13/2014
Samoa-Bound - 01/01/2014

December 2013

Samoa-Bound - 12/30/2013

November 2013

Down Time - 11/12/2013
Special Thanks - 11/11/2013
Some Science - 11/04/2013
1PPS and Dry Wells - 11/03/2013

October 2013

E/V Nautilus - 10/31/2013
The Simple Things - 10/24/2013
Pictorial of the most epic rebuild - 10/14/2013
Team CTD - 10/13/2013
Just the Beginning - 10/06/2013
Back in the saddle again - 10/06/2013

September 2013

Time To Find Some Warm Socks - 09/28/2013
It's the Final Countdown! - 09/11/2013
Icelandic Culinary Delights - 09/04/2013
Signing off E/V Nautilus: Michael Smith - 09/02/2013
Fun, Games, & a little bit of Science - 09/01/2013
Possibly more than you wanted to know about what we do - 09/01/2013

August 2013

From the Boston Tea Party to Tacos - 08/27/2013
Getting More Dives Under My Belt - 08/26/2013
The Deep Blue - 08/20/2013
Multi-core-apalooza - 08/19/2013
Settling in New New York - 08/19/2013
My First Week at Sea - 08/16/2013
Signing off from the R/V Hugh R. Sharp - 08/16/2013
First Night Aboard RV Langseth - 08/14/2013
Welcome to Iceland - 08/12/2013
6 Months In - 08/11/2013
Incoming ROV Intern- Michael Smith - 08/08/2013
CTD's and More CTD's! - 08/08/2013
Checking in from the R/V Hugh R. Sharp - 08/02/2013
From Satellites to C-Nav - 08/01/2013

July 2013

Counting Down the Days - 07/22/2013
R/V H.R. Sharp Fishing for Rocks - 07/17/2013
Trial by fire - 07/14/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Leaving the Boat - 07/10/2013
Watching Bubbles and dodging waves - 07/07/2013
R/V H.R. Sharp Georges Bank - 07/06/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Working in Port - 07/01/2013

June 2013

Hanging out in Davy Jones' livingroom - 06/28/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: BREAKing News - 06/25/2013
R/V H. Sharp: Scallop Photo Shoot and Shucking Party - 06/23/2013
Astoria Oregon... - 06/20/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: A Daily Routine on the Boat - 06/19/2013
R/V BLUE HERON-Duluth Minn./ Lake Superior - 06/17/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Working out the Kinks - 06/13/2013
The Panama Canal and so much more - 06/12/2013
R/V H. SHARP1: From the West to East - 06/10/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Collecting the Data - 06/08/2013
Oh what amazing sights we see - 06/05/2013
R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Letting out the Streamers - 06/04/2013

May 2013

R/V Marcus G. Langseth: An Explanation of How Stuff Works - 05/31/2013
Bouncing around THE BAR - 05/31/2013
Staring into the Depths - 05/29/2013
Hard Days of Work - 05/27/2013
Leaving Town with Lasers - 05/24/2013
Tyler Poppenwimer: R/V Marcus G. Langseth - 05/23/2013
Whirlwind of Travel - 05/23/2013
Ship and Shop Maintenance - 05/17/2013
A bitter sweet ending - 05/15/2013
Wires, wires everywhere! - 05/14/2013
R/V Barnes Day trips and More - 05/10/2013
New Langseth Adventures! - 05/09/2013
The Sounds of Silence - 05/05/2013
The Journey Continues - 05/01/2013
In port - 05/01/2013

April 2013

Internal Waves and Whales - 04/24/2013
Langseth Part II: The Mid-Atlantic - 04/21/2013
Northwest Bound - 04/17/2013
Exciting news from the Langseth! - 04/15/2013
Things never go as planned - 04/10/2013
R/V Marcus Langseth: The 2013 MATE Adventures - 04/05/2013

March 2013

Unexpected knowledge comes in handy - 03/25/2013
Don't bight off more than you can chew. - 03/24/2013
New Updates for Rover Competition - 03/14/2013

July 2012

R/V Marcus G. Langseth: Leaving the Boat - 07/06/2012

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