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Week 2: BATS Cruise and CTD's

Author: Brianna Roberts
Host Vessel: R/V Atlantic

April 10, 2023

Today was a windy and rainy day, but luckily most of our tasks were inside the ship, so wet gear was not required.

First I helped Oban install a new PC for an existing CCTV camera that points towards the CTD winch. It involved wiring, updates, program installation, and a little bit of hardware to mount the PC and keep it from moving during deployment.

Then I helped clean a net deployment latch that had gotten covered in glue and sponge for some reason, and thus didn’t function well.

Then Lydia had me go down to the lower deck to open up the Pinger to get diameters of the O-rings and check the battery sizes, so that the techs can order and replace them. It was heavy and hot down there, and I was down there for about an hour. It took much longer than anticipated because measuring the O-rings was not easy. Eventually I took a rough estimate, went back to the tech lab to look for the possible dimensions, and then went back down to see which ones matched closest.

April 11, 2023

This morning Rory (Mentor) showed me how to check and replace batteries for the UPS’s on board. UPS’s (Uninterrupted Power Supply) are essentially a temporary backup power supply for when the main generators malfunction and the backup generators need time to turn on. Machinery and sensors are plugged into these so that when there is a power failure, the UPS jumps to battery usage and keeps the device powered up long enough for the generators to kick in. There are many already installed aboard the R/V AE, however there are a few old unused ones that need testing and battery replacement. You can see an opened one below:

Rory gave me 3 of them to work on as a side project for when the main techs don’t need any additional help. Once I loaded them on board, I had a side project with Oban.

I helped him install a PA system from the tech lab to the lab on the bow. This required wire management with zip ties and terminators with crimps instead of soldering. We also used an interesting insulation material that is gooey and sticky for internal wire insulation that we then sheathed with stretch tape. We initially were going to use heat shrink but it didn’t fit after the insulation was added.

Once the PA system (a horn speaker) was attached to the bow lab, we had to feed the wire back to the tech lab. This required going from the outside to the inside which meant going through a watertight port. These ports need to basically have removable and accessible wire ports but also remain watertight when not in use. Unfortunately the removal and addition of the wires is not easy. It requires a lot of finagling. Plus, if the rubber material (seen in image) is at all decomposed or corroded, it makes it stickier and more difficult to remove. As can be seen are the little blue and black “rings'' around each of the wires.

Each of the rings can be either added or removed to accommodate different wire sizes. These rings are composed of 2 varying sized “rectangles'' that are wrapped around the wire to create hollow cylindrical hemispheres. Interestingly, though I’d expect to use small bits of thin glue to keep the rectangular rubber pieces surrounding the wire in place, instead you use lubricant! Also, instead of building the rings around the wire, there’s a hemispherical “pocket” that each of the rectangular ring inserts will sit, and then once enough rubber material is built up, the wire is sandwiched in between and then forced back into the main component. For reference, removing and re-inserting required the use of a punch and chisel, as well as a big rubber mallet, and lots of patience and force. By the end of the whole debacle Oban and I were both red in the face and sweaty, no thanks to the perfect yet warm and humid Bermuda weather.

Throughout the day I also got lots of practice with finding where everything is in toolboxes which I’m sure will be very helpful.

Towards the end of the day I took the 2 UPS with newly replaced batteries (the third is not turning on so requires further investigation) and set them on an overnight charge to test later.

April 12, 2023

Today we leave for a cruise! We will be departing at around 1300. Apparently we would have gone earlier but can only leave when the tides permit, so before then we started off with a safety briefing and fire drill. Apparently I have some responsibilities in regards to the fire- taking care of scientists and whatnot. I’m not sure who’s idea that was (just kidding.)

Oban and I then tested the audio system that we installed yesterday.

I put on seasickness patch just in case.

On cruises techs have 12 Hour shifts instead of 8 hour shifts. I’m a bit nervous, hopefully I’ll be able to sleep and rest up plenty to have enough energy to be helpful. The tech’s schedule is 3am - 3pm. My schedule is set to overlap each of theirs by a few hours and is tentatively 9am-9pm, unless there is a significantly interesting operation on deck that the techs want me to be a part of lying outside of the 9 to 9 window.

I need to get everyone’s WhattsApp so I can talk to them later. I hope they add me.

Set off on the cruise and so far so good! I was feeling a bit queasy during our initial transit but since I used the seasickness patch it wasn’t too bad. I was also feeling exhausted, so after I took a quick nap, everything was fine! I think I can officially say that I’ve got my sea legs.

We did 2 CTD casts during my shift today. I got to watch both of the deployments, Lydia is an old hat at this. The first cast was a shallow water cast at 500m. For the second cast at around 3500 m, we removed the PAR (Photosynthetically Active Radiation) sensor because it is “only” pressure rated to 2000m. This sensor is used to record the light penetration at depth, and of course is only really useful for the first hundred meters or so. We then replaced it with a sensor that can determine how many rotations the CTD experiences on the way down and back. Lydia invented this device, and mentioned that it uses an internal compass. I think that it operates assuming that it is always positioned upright? The MT’s are unsure if the rotation of the CTD affects the data, but Lydia mentioned that this sensor is just to begin observing to see if it does affect it at all. I assume that the rotation of the CTD does not affect the integrity of the data too much, but likely does affect the load bearing that the wire holding the CTD can handle.

We can still see the shore of Bermuda which is nice because it gives orientation. I was kind of hoping to go out so far as to not see it anymore, so as to feel entirely isolated and get the full “at sea” experience.

April 13, 2023

First night wasn’t entirely restful, but I did get some sleep. I kept falling asleep and then waking up again. I think both rocking and the goings on in the ship kept me awake with the occasional door slams and “bumps” in the night. Tonight I’ll try ear plugs.

The first thing I did was observe the PITTS deployment which was quite fascinating to see. There are a bunch of tubes oriented vertically with the tops open all held in a rack, 5 tubes per rack. All along a line these racks are placed in with a weight at the bottom of the line. There are many lines severed and strung together with proper connections, each break in the line is where the basket of tubes is placed. At the top there are large buoy’s that keep the line oriented vertically within the water column. The goal for each of the tubes is to remain suspended at different depths of the water column, and collect “marine snow” during the entirety of the deployment. At the surface of the water there is a floating buoy with a large pole extending up as pictured. This is satellite communication so that we can go and find it again.

After that we did another CTD cast to 1200m, and upon retrieval we could see that the containers 16 and 24 did not fire again. Apparently Lydia had isolated the problem last night and it was determined that the mechanism that triggers the magnet that closes the cylinder is no longer water tight. There are ways that this can be temporarily fixed, but it seems that that method had already been used, therefore Oban decided that we should replace the mechanism altogether. There is a website that is used to keep track of all the tools and equipment on board, and in what state they are in. Checking this we could see that there is another mechanism available for use in the lower deck MT storage compartment. Oban and I went and grabbed it and began working on replacing the one on the CTD with the one that was in storage. This required moving some of the cylinders and wrenching bolts in awkward positions, you can see the removed cylinders in the picture below.

There was a little confusion on how to remove the current mechanism but luckily we were able to remove and replace it without difficulty. All this occurred while they were also doing plankton tows, and so had to stop what we were doing every 20 minutes or so.

Now all that is left is to see if we replaced it correctly, and the only way to do that is to wait for the recovery and look at it in person.

At around 900 ascending CTD, the scientist on duty Alfonso and I noticed that the secondary salinity sensor appeared to be misreporting data. The difference between the primary and secondary was huge. After that the oxygen sensor began to malfunction as well. Oban mentioned that likely the cap came off while ascending, and since the salinity and oxygen sensors are on the same casing, it makes sense that they are both misreporting data. Interestingly though, the secondary temperature sensor seems to still be functioning fine, which is strange because it is also with the oxygen and salinity sensors. Here you can see how different the sensors were reading data. On the left is the good sensors, and in the middle is the haywire sensors and the innacuracies represented by all the horizontal yello lines.

I suppose it’s things like this that are why we have backups of everything. Apparently the fix for this is a simple one, but unfortunately it seems we’ll have to wait until the CTD is recovered to fix it, then plug in the cover again.

CTD successfully recovered! Unfortunately they don't know what the problem is with the sensor, so Lydia and I replaced it with one of the backups. This required crawling underneath the CTD and loosening some screws. Here's a cool image from below.

It appears that all the bottles successfully fired which means Oban and I installed the center mechanism properly. One bottle didn’t close correctly, but that was due to the lid being askew rather than the latches misfiring.

We then did a C-OPS with Matt, which I still don't fully understand, but I believe it's a callibration test for the sattelites, which involves letting a line trail behind the boat until the sensor reads 85m and then pulling it back up and doing it another two times. It's quite rudamentary in that you just drop the wire in and then all hands on deck grab and hoist the wire back up. Deck hands are basically running back and forth in order to retrieve this wire. I think next time they're debating trying this with a block on the big A-frame in order to make it easier to pull.

I plan on working on the UPS later this evening, because we have a deep core with the CTD and that takes a long time, so there should be time in between to work on the UPS.

We sent the deep core CTD down and I got to deploy it myself instead of just watching this time!!!! It was super cool.

I started working on the UPS after the CTD deep cast deployment. However I stopped a minute and a half in because the noise was unbearable and people are sleeping downstairs. I even had first mate Emmy come check to see what the noise is. I tested the grey 290W-360W with two box fans which will take up approximately 200W-210W. A good test will run for about 20 minutes, but having the alarm blast for 20 minutes straight didn’t seem like a good thing at the moment with people sleeping. I may try this again if I can find a plug outside.

Towards the end of the day I had an hour left and decided to open up the “junk” UPS again to see if I could further isolate the problem. This UPS is from 2011, and something in it doesn’t work. The past few days I’ve been taking it apart and testing it with a multimeter and batteries but it’s quite difficult to reach into, and we’re dealing with 120V AC power which can be quite dangerous. When plugging the UPS in, it doesn’t even turn on and there is no DC voltage coming out of the battery leads. Today I was able to determine that the UPS is indeed getting 120V AC power initially, but somewhere between the AC input to DC converter there seems to be a problem. An hour had passed by and so it’s time to clean up and try again another day.

April 14, 2023

Today started out with an already deployed deep cast where all there is to do is wait for the recovery so for the first part of the day was relatively uneventful. In order to pass the time I decided to test the UPS again. This is the smaller grey one that has a max wattage output of 300W. In order to get an approximate test I used 2 box fans of 100W each to make it a 200W test. Once unplugged the UPS lasted for 15 minutes and 53 seconds. This is decent, but not great. One would hope for at least 20 minutes but then again since this is such a low wattage it likely doesn’t need to keep things on for that long.

We then did another C-Ops with Matt using a block this time instead of purely by hand. Interestingly I don’t think it helped much more and was quite a bit more of a hassle, but that’s why we tried it is to see if it was worth it.

Today was my first exposure to a pumps deployment. It’s relatively similar to the PITS sediment trap but this time with pumps. We attached 4 pumps at varying depth to a vertically suspended wire and let them sit for 5 hours.

Afterwards we did another CTD deployment and while we were waiting I worked on the UPS again. I did a quick test with the black UPS and a 1200W heat gun. This was a mistake however because although the black UPS is much more sophisticated and has a screen with settings, it doesn’t have the wattage output labeled and I had only assumed that it was over 1200W. This was not the case. A quick internet research showed that it’s maximum output was 700W. This proved to be a problem because that meant I had to go looking for different appliances that would ultimately add up to nearly 700W. Phone chargers only use about 20W, iPad chargers use 61W, laptop chargers can use around 1400W. All the things I found used either too little or too much power. Eventually I stumbled upon a “dusting fan” that uses 480W. Pairing this with the two fans would give me a perfect 680W. I also brought out a glue gun to test if the appliances I plug in do indeed use up 680W and if the UPS is rated to 700W output. I did this simply by plugging all the appliances in so the output power needed was 780W, and waited for it to give me an “overload” error, which it did. I then plugged in the duster and fans, unplugged the UPS, and immediately started the timer. Interestingly it only lasted 6 minutes and 41 second, which given the output might be good enough, but I was expecting at least 20 minutes. Because I don’t fully understand the parameters for power and time, I’ll be asking Rory additional questions to see if the UPS works or if it is faulty.

Lydia is letting me off 3 hours early today so that I can catch an early morning production deployment, I’m not entirely sure what that means.

April 15, 2023

Woke up at 5 in the morning to do a production deployment. Production is basically the measure of how much C-14 is consumed by the organisms in each of the flasks. These flasks were filled with sea water from the CTD at varying depths, and then injected with a concentration of C-14 and suspended back at those depths.

Quick shallow cast CTD deployment to 1200. Oban let me do it myself today and said I also might be able to do the recovery. Everything went smoothly.

While we were waiting I went downstairs to help one of the scientists Rebecca with preparing the testing samples by putting filters on nozzles.

Interestingly, earlier I had assumed that the CTD’s sensor data are what the scientists use for the individual sensor values. However, this is not the case. The scientists will measure the exact data from the water extracted at this depth and then calibrate the generated sensor data to what they measured.

April 16, 2023

Got up early to observe the PITTS recovery. There were a lot of things going on at once, and everyone had to remain vigilant to make sure they didn't get caught up in a line.

It seems that the recovery might have taken a bit longer than expected, because with the following CTD cast, we seem to be behind schedule by at least 15 minutes. I think we have like 6 CTD casts today all back to back to back. A CTD deployment has a series of events that need to happen in concession with the other. First the deployment, you have to be on deck to deploy the CTD. Then you have to run all the way up to the bridge (3 flights of stairs) to begin communication with the CTD. After the scientist has finished the Niskin sampling and the CTD is brought to the surface, you then have to shut down the machine and download the data, then run all the way down to the deck to recover it. This is usually not tiring at all. However, usually there is time between the deployment and recovery, but today they are incredibly short casts. Instead of having one tech run up and down the stairs for deployment and recovery, we will be using walkie talkies to coordinate.

Today is the last day of this BATS cruise. I still need to get everyone’s information.

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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

Day 38 - 08/19/2021
Week 5 with Alvin - 08/11/2021
Week 5: Arrival - 08/11/2021
Week 6 - 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 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
Weeks 3&4: Thinking Mud - 03/10/2020
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: Barbados - 02/26/2020
Week 1: Arrived at the Walton Smith - 02/24/2020
Week 3: Out and Back Again - 02/23/2020
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 Healy - Near the end of HLY1901 - 08/19/2019
Week 4 On the Healy - 08/19/2019
Second to Last Cruise - 08/18/2019
Week 11 - 08/13/2019
Week 3 on Healy - HLY1901 - 08/12/2019
Roughest weather since I've been in Bermuda - 08/11/2019
Week 3 on the Healy-First week of science - 08/11/2019
Week 2 on Healy - Kodiak to Nome and Science - 08/06/2019
Holiday in Bermuda - 08/04/2019
Week 2 on Healy - 08/04/2019

July 2019

Week 10 - 07/31/2019
First Blog Post - 07/30/2019
Week 1 on Healy - Seattle to Kodiak - 07/29/2019
Week 1 Healy - 07/29/2019
NSF Inspection - 07/28/2019
Modern life at sea - 07/24/2019
Sweet somber sailing - 07/22/2019
Bermuda Atlantic Time Series Study - 07/21/2019
Learning From Different Perspectives - 07/21/2019
Introduction - 07/20/2019
Birthday on Board - 07/16/2019
Pre-Internship Introduction - 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 Five: The Last Week of the Scallop Survey - 06/15/2019
Week 5 - This is how the survey ends - 06/15/2019
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
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
Week One: Underway from Dutch Harbor and into the realm of the Arctic Circle - 09/22/2018
2. Arrival, but no boat - 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
5: The turn of the tide - 09/09/2018
Week Twenty: Last Days In Alaska - 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
1 Aboard the R/V Atlantis with the Alvin Group - 08/13/2018
2: New beginnings - 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
Pre-Internship Blog - 07/07/2016
R/V Sikuliaq Cruise Report - 07/07/2016
Holiday at Sea- Week 1 - 07/04/2016
Quiet times - 07/02/2016
Blog 3, Final - 07/01/2016

June 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 Three - Back at the Dock - 06/02/2016
Week 2 Aboard the R/V Sharp - 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
Fun with Dredging - 06/04/2015
R/V Pelican- Almost there! - 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
Irminger to Iceland - 09/02/2014
Let's do this! - 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
Hi Seas Net: a frustrating mystery - 07/26/2014
5 days until Iceland - 07/26/2014
Observations and Ideas - 07/24/2014
Filtering Phytoplankton! - 07/23/2014
Internship begins - 07/22/2014
Week One-Scalloping - 07/21/2014
Adjusting - 07/18/2014
RVHRS Scallop Survey - Last Leg - 07/17/2014
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
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

November 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
Back in the saddle again - 10/06/2013
Just the Beginning - 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
Settling in New New York - 08/19/2013
Multi-core-apalooza - 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
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
Whirlwind of Travel - 05/23/2013
Tyler Poppenwimer: R/V Marcus G. Langseth - 05/23/2013
Ship and Shop Maintenance - 05/17/2013
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

July 2012

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

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