Possibly more than you wanted to know about what we do

Author: Chris Horvath
Host Vessel: R/V Marcus G. Langseth

Contrary to popular discussion overhead in the galley, there is a point to all this drifting and isolation. We are here to affirm assumptions from lands far away. To stand firmly on ground never before tread upon - so to speak. To discover the secrets of a land not yet explored. At least so I'm inclined to believe.

My job is fairly straightforward. I stand watch over the scientific equipment collecting various types of data, by monitoring the computers designed to record the data in real time and help troubleshoot and launch the equipment required to retrieve said data. I suppose a brief walk-thru is in order to fully understand what we are collecting and how it can be considered accurate and true.

We are here to map, analyze, and determine the differences in how the earth's plates are interacting south of Iceland along the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in an area known as the Reykjanes Ridge. To quote the Project Summary for per Hey, Ramirez, Hoskuldsson:

"The project is month-long marine geophysical expedition to collect the multibeam, magnetic & gravity data that would provide a definitive test between the fundamentally different thermal & tectonic hypotheses for exactly how the Iceland plume caused the reorganization of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge south of Iceland."

In layman's terms: When thermal and tectonic forces are acted upon this ridge, how do they interact over time and situation, and is there a pattern to this interaction by which we might change the perspective of the scientific community for how Iceland has formed and will continue to form in the future.

In the short term, this can have significant impact on Iceland's economy. You see, there is an invisible barrier around every country bordering a body of water touched by another country. It is called the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), and limits all commercial offshore activity within the zone to the country of ownership. This is pretty darn important when you consider that Iceland is in the middle of the North Atlantic, about the size of Indiana, and only about 40% of it is reasonably inhabitable. It's so important that the country's governing body for all things related to geology, geophysics, and plate tectonics sent a representative (his name is Sigvaldi) on the Langseth to develop a case for Iceland to expand its EEZ to include the Reykjanes Ridge all the way southwest to our survey location and beyond. This would be a huge development as Norway, Scotland, and Denmark all are looking to exploit these waters for their potential as sites with huge deposits of oil and heavy metals, fishing, shipping routes between Europe and Greenland/Canada/US, strategic military advantages, and (to a lesser degree) whaling.

The first type of data we collect is magenetic, and we do this by deploying a tethered Geometrics G-882 Cesium Marine Magnetomoter. "Maggie", as she is affectionately called, resembles a stinger missile with a bonnet on her noggin. She is launched from the Main Deck, Starboard Aft of the Stern, by at least two technicians: One to apply the Van Sumeren technique of "gently" heaving her overboard; the other to man the hydraulic winch, which spools out the designated 200m of powered cable. Due to our optimal surveying speed over ground of 10.5kts, she rides quite high in the water as she measures the magnetics being emitted into the water column. This is done by recording the changes in pressure that occur in a Cesium vapor vaccuum-sealed cylinder within Maggie. Typically she is reading the magnetics from the earth's crust some 1000-3000m (3000-9000ft) below where she rides in the water column.

The Earth is magnetically polarized, like a battery, with a positive and a negative point existing typically near the North and South poles. Over time, the magnetic field surrounding the Earth can swap polarity, and has done so since its inception with little fanfare. Newly created or recently exposed crust will take on the polarity characteristics relative to its proximity with the poles. Over time, these values can diminsh. This constantly updated/recorded reading from Maggie can tell us two things when values elevate: That there is thermal activity due to volcanism occuring that is creating new crust, such as in the deep trench located in the middle of the ridge where there are hundreds of volcanoes seen in a single pass of the vessel (we call this location the Axis, as pertains to the meeting of the Eurasian and American plates); or, when the values abnormally shift over locations outside of the Axis, where we can sufficiently determinwthat there has been tectonic reorganization occuring, which leads to much older layers of the Earth's crust being exposed next to relatively new ones.

Maggie is a delight to work with when she is attached to the boat, but is tempermental with heavy seas and high winds and attempts to retrieve her must be done in the worst and most dangerous of conditions. I say attempts because after retrieving all 200m of cable early last week when we stopped getting magnetic data, there was no Maggie. $20,000 in the drink. Luckily we had a spare onboard, but should this happen again we would be unable to record this very important data. So, when storms sweep through, we pull her out of the water.

Side note on storms, of which we have weathered three major systems. Last week there was flash flooding, baseball sized hail, and 60+mph winds back home in Traverse City. On average, storm systems take between 3-6 days to reach us, and those that pass through the Great Lakes are almost guaranteed to head right for us after leaving North America. It's not so much the precipitation that we worry about, but the high winds. That same storm system hit us strongly a day and a half ago, resulting in sustained 50kn winds and waves as large as 9m (30ft!) until early this morning. Because of the length of time of said winds, we are projected to have 4-6m waves for the next four days - uggggh. That means everything you care about needs to be strapped down, walking down hallways is a workout, and sitting in a chair during watch can be hazardous to your health. That also means sleeplessness and seasickness rear their ugly, conjoined heads. It's best to sleep wherever you can whenever the moment takes you; be it barricaded (taco'd) in your bunk, in the Movie Room, or even in the Main Lab (though, sleeping during your shift is highly frowned upon).

The second type of data we collect is gravity. It is far less elegant and far more complicated than magnetic. In the Main Lab there is a Lacoste & Romberg G237 Gravimeter, basically an encased gyro with various sensors measuring roll, pitch, heave, as well as several other values, and most importantly the strength of gravity in a given location of time and space. The data is constantly being updated/recorded and helps us determine one of two things: Either the thickness of the Earth's crust; or, the density of the materials that make up the layers of the crust. Combined with a extremely low frequency sonar system (called a Sub-Bottom Profiler) and core sampling, can provide an incredibly accurate picture of the geology and geomorphology. Unfortunately, the latter requires that we stop moving and, due to time constraints from bad weather, has been scrapped for this cruise; and, the former (Our Knudsen 3.5kHz Sonar) had to be turned off when the bottom became drastically uneven, providing poor quality data, and also operates at a frequency that can cause problems with our EM122 Multibeam Sonar used for Bathymetric data.

Which brings me to our third type of data, the one I was trained in at Northwestern Michigan College, and consequently the reason why I was selected to be a part of this cruise: Bathymetric data. This is collected using our Kongsberg EM122 Multibeam Sonar operating around 12kHz. The sonar has an encased piezoelectric crystal that vibrates hundreds of thousands of times per second when electricity is applied to it, sending out that energy in the form of measureable acoustic pulses. These pulses reflect off targets in the water column and return to the sonar where they are "heard", and provide us with an accurate measure of depth in a given point on Earth. As with the prior two systems, knowing our geographic location on Earth is essential to collecting accurate data; and, they are all integrated with our multiple GPS/Satellite-based positioning systems located at unobstructed points on the top of the vessel.

The more depth measurements we can collect with each ping of the multibeam the more defined picture we can see of the shape of Earth's crust. This is by far the most interesting data to stand watch over, as it is projected on the monitors in a three-dimensional (and very busy) display. Not only are we keeping an eye on the 3-D Terrain Modeler, but also the 2-D Geographical (Seafloor Map), the black and white 2-D Seabed Imagery, the convuluted Water Column display (which provides us with backscatter data - used to see thermal activity in real time), and various readouts of motion and Sound Velocity which help determine the quality of data being collected. Sound Velocity (or the speed of sound in water in this context) is extremely important as its measure allows for us to calibrate the sound pulses on the fly so that they return to us in a straight line rather than with a bend (which would give the illusion that the distance to the bottom is longer/shorter and in a different location than it really is).

We take measurements of Sound Velocity on this cruise by launching XBT's manufactured by Lockheed Martin Sippican. It is a bullet-shaped lead weight attached to two thin copper wires within a plastic mortar tube that is released from the Streamer Deck. Those wires are linked to a powered cable that connects to the lab, where measurements of Temperature, Salinity, Pressure, and Depth are recorded. Typically, we use the T-5 model which is rated to 2500m. It falls quite rapidly and within five minutes has reached the end of its wires, whereupon the wires are severed and the probe lost to the deep. Two important things to remember when launching an XBT: First, don't let the wires touch any metal or it will short out (everything is metal on a boat); and second, don't fall overboard!

Thank you for bearing with me in this blog as I delved into the depths - so to speak - of what I do while working aboard the R/V Langseth. Future entries will cover the leisurely options I have to pass the time.

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Introduction: Josie Adams - 06/26/2024
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Week 2: Crossing The Gulf - 06/23/2024
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Intern Introduction: Gabriela Rodezno - 06/18/2024
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May 2024

Week 5: Land and the End of an Adventure in Site - 05/31/2024
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April 2024

First Day of Transit - 04/27/2024
Introduction - Ray Barrett - 04/26/2024
Introduction - Rachael Byrd - 04/25/2024
Second to Last Launch Day - 04/25/2024
Introduction - Norman Chung - 04/24/2024
Introduction - Colton Borresen - 04/22/2024
Sea of Cortez - 04/19/2024
Sea of Cortez - 04/17/2024
Second First Dive Day - 04/10/2024
Partial Eclipse of the Intern - 04/08/2024

March 2024

Update - Noah Bourassa - 03/22/2024
Back On Shore! - 03/22/2024
Maintenance! - 03/18/2024
Last Dive! - 03/13/2024
Week 9 (Gisler): Goodbye For Now - 03/13/2024
Week 8(Gisler): Calibration Cruise - 03/04/2024
Update #2 - Noah Bourassa - 03/04/2024
No Crying in Tow Throwing - 03/03/2024

February 2024

Week 7 (Gisler): Seattle - 02/26/2024
Update - Noah Bourassa - 02/24/2024
Week 2: What's for Launch - 02/23/2024
Week 6 (Gisler): 5 Things The Gulf of Alaska Doesn't Want You To Know (They're All Meclizine) - 02/18/2024
Week 1 - Introducing Ourselves to ALVIN!!! - 02/17/2024
Week 1 - Noah Bourassa - 02/16/2024
Introduction - Emilia Topp-Johnson - 02/11/2024
Week 5 (Gisler): Whatever Floats Your Boat - 02/09/2024
Introduction - Noah Bourassa - 02/02/2024

January 2024

Week 3&4(Gisler): Frame Game - 01/31/2024
Week 2 (Gisler) : Dirty Jobs - 01/18/2024
Week 1(Gisler): Hit the Ground Running - 01/11/2024
2023 Long-term Internship Wrap Up! - 01/01/2024

December 2023

Week 0: Sarah Gisler - 12/22/2023

November 2023

WHOI/JASON weeks 5 & 6 - 11/20/2023
Week 7: Going Home - 11/17/2023
Week 6: The Buoy - 11/12/2023
Week 5: HOT 346 - 11/12/2023
Week 5: Rockin' and Rollin' - 11/08/2023
Week 5: Ice, Ice, Baby! - 11/05/2023
Weeks 3 & 4: JASON Prep, testing, and Control Van Floors - 11/05/2023
Week 4: Big To-Do List - 11/03/2023
Week 4: Oxygen and the RV Kilo Moana - 11/03/2023

October 2023

Week 3: RVTEC and biogeochemical sample analysis - 10/29/2023
Weeks 3 and 4: Transit and Arrival North of the Equator 66.5°N - 10/29/2023
Week 3: Conference and Calcium Carbonate - 10/27/2023
1st & 2nd week at WHOI - 10/22/2023
Week 2: Processing, splicing, and maintaining - 10/21/2023
Week 2: Technically Speaking - 10/20/2023
Week 2: Aleutian Island Adventures - 10/15/2023
Week 1: Working at sea is HOT (Hawaii Ocean Time-series) - 10/13/2023
Week 1: R/V Kilo Moana, HOT 345 - 10/12/2023
Week 1: Getting to the Boat, Voyage from Nome to Dutch Harbor - 10/08/2023
Week 0: Introduction - 10/04/2023
Week 0: Pre-Internship Introduction - 10/02/2023

September 2023

Week 5: Atlantic Explorer - 09/24/2023
11th & 12th week with jASON/WHOI - 09/24/2023
Week 4 R/V Neil Armstrong: From the Arctic Back to Woods Hole - 09/21/2023
Week 4: Atlantic Explorer - 09/17/2023
Week 4 - Haley Holcomb - 09/15/2023
Week 3 R/V Neil Armstrong: Wrangling Buoys! - 09/14/2023
10th week with JASON/WHOI - 09/10/2023
Week 3 - Haley Holcomb - 09/09/2023
Week 3: Atlantic Explorer - 09/09/2023
Week 2: Advent of Storms - 09/08/2023
Week 2 R/V Neil Armstrong: Crazy Space Weather - 09/07/2023
9th week with JASON/WHOI - 09/04/2023
Week 2: Atlantic Explorer - 09/02/2023
Week 2 - Haley Holcomb - 09/02/2023

August 2023

Week 1 R/V Neil Armstrong: Off to Greenland - 08/31/2023
Week 1: Aboard the Langseth - 08/30/2023
Week 8 with JASON/WHOI - 08/28/2023
Week 1 - Haley Holcomb - 08/26/2023
Week 1: Atlantic Explorer - 08/26/2023
7th week at sea with JASON/WHOI - 08/21/2023
Week 0 - Haley Holcomb - 08/19/2023
Week 0 R/V Neil Armstrong: Intern Introduction - 08/19/2023
Intern Introduction - 08/18/2023
6th week with JASON/WHOI - 08/14/2023
Week 2: Over too Soon - 08/10/2023
Week 4: Distinguished Visitors + Transit to Astoria, Or. - 08/08/2023
4th and 5th week with JASON/WHOI - 08/08/2023
Langseth take 2: Week 2 - 08/05/2023
Week 1: Arrival and starting Jason Ops - 08/04/2023
Week 3 on the Langseth - 08/04/2023
Week 3 - We finished a science cruise!! - 08/02/2023

July 2023

Week 2 on the Langseth - 07/27/2023
Langseth take 2: Week 1 - 07/23/2023
3rd Week with JASON - 07/23/2023
Intern Introduction - 07/21/2023
Week 1 on the Langseth - 07/20/2023
Week 1- Working w/ Alvin Sub & Science Party - 07/19/2023
2nd week with WHOI - 07/16/2023
Day 0: Before boarding the Langseth - 07/13/2023
Let the adventure begin! Week 1 with WHOI - 07/09/2023
Intern Introduction - 07/05/2023

June 2023

Week 4: C'est la vie - 06/30/2023
Week 3: OBS's everywhere - 06/23/2023
Intern Introdution - Mija Wheeler - 06/23/2023
Week Six - Back in Lewes - 06/20/2023
Week 4 & 5 - 06/16/2023
Week 2: Gravity brought me down - 06/15/2023
Week Five - Departure - 06/12/2023
Week 1: There Will Be Mud - 06/08/2023
Week Four - Patients is key - 06/05/2023
Hello Bermuda- Week Three - 06/03/2023

May 2023

WEEKS 2-3 ON THE R/V LANGSETH - 05/31/2023
Week Three - Breaker Fixed - 05/30/2023
Hello Bermuda- Week Two - 05/27/2023
Intern Introduction - 05/25/2023
WEEKS 1-2 on the R/V Langseth - 05/24/2023
Week Two - Still Stuck in Lewes - 05/22/2023
Hello Bermuda-Week One - 05/20/2023
Week One - Stuck at port - 05/16/2023
2023 Long Term Internship! - 05/11/2023
Intern Introduction - 05/08/2023
Week 5: HYDRO, Mooring, and Goodbye! - 05/07/2023
Hello Bermuda - 05/02/2023
Introduction - 05/02/2023
Week 4: Coding, Coding, and more Coding - 05/01/2023

April 2023

Introduction: Harpoon Seabring - 04/29/2023
Week 3: Ship tasks, cruises, and Maintenance Docked - 04/24/2023
Introduction - 04/17/2023
Week 2: BATS Cruise and CTD's - 04/16/2023
Week 1: Flight Delay, CTD, Pumps, and Easter Break - 04/09/2023
Pre-Departure Introduction - 04/01/2023

December 2022

Week 8: Final Week aboard the Armstrong! - 12/16/2022
Week 7: INSURV - 12/10/2022
Week 6: Inspections, 3D prints and CTD Terminations! - 12/03/2022

November 2022

Week 5: End of OOI and Happy Thanksgiving! - 11/27/2022
Week 4: Finishing OOI Leg 1, Jumping straight into Leg 2! - 11/18/2022
Week 3: Leg 1 of the Final Coastal Pioneer Array OOI Cruise - 11/11/2022
Week 2: Terminations Terminations Terminations! - 11/04/2022

October 2022

Week 1: CTD lanyards, Linux, Mario Kart, Oh Yea! - 10/28/2022
Pre- Internship stop in Iceland - 10/21/2022
Pre-Internship Introduction - 10/14/2022

May 2022

WEEK 3: R/V Sharp - 05/31/2022
Week 2 R/V Sharp - 05/30/2022
Walton Smith Week 2: Finishing the second cruise - 05/30/2022
First week with the JASON team - 05/27/2022
Week 1: First Trip with the F.G. Walton Smith - 05/26/2022
WEEK 2: R/V Sharp - 05/24/2022
Walton Smith Week 1: Arrival and first cruises - 05/23/2022
Preparing to venture out! - 05/20/2022
Week 1 R/V Sharp - 05/19/2022
Week 1 R/V Sharp - 05/19/2022
Pre-Cruise Introduction - 05/16/2022
Introduction - 05/12/2022
Introduction - 05/10/2022
Pre-Cruise Introduction - 05/05/2022

April 2022

Leg 2 of OOI Pioneer 18 and Internship Conclusion - 04/30/2022
Excitement from Leg 1 of OOI Pioneer 18 - 04/19/2022
Week 2: Time in Port and Beginning of OOI Pioneer 18 - 04/11/2022
Week 1: First Cruise - 04/04/2022

March 2022

Pre-internship: Introduction - 03/22/2022

February 2022

Week 7: The End - 02/26/2022
Working on the RV Sikuliaq - some pics - 02/17/2022
Week 6: Setting Sail - 02/15/2022
Week 5: Finally Floating - 02/09/2022
Week 4: Drydock part two: Electric Boogaloo - 02/02/2022

January 2022

Week 3: Drydock part one - 01/24/2022
Week 2: Stormy Seas - 01/14/2022
First Week(kind of): Alaska - 01/05/2022

December 2021

Pre-Internship Intro Blog - 12/29/2021

September 2021

Weeks 10 and 11 - 09/17/2021
Week 9: Loading Alvin - 09/08/2021
Week 8 - 09/01/2021

August 2021

Week 7 - 08/22/2021
Day 38 - 08/19/2021
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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