Over twenty years ago, I was invited to join a team of geologists, acousticians (physicists who study sound), and engineers and help develop instrumentation that can measure the heat content in hot springs on underwater volcanoes. To a geologist
"Once we're on station we'll dive to unplug and recover the mooring. We won’t need the winch or crane until they start the deck ops"
The confidence with which I said that
Imagine you sign up for a research cruise, your first… what should you expect? I was 53 when I got this opportunity; more likely you will be in your late teens or early twenties.
This is my second time sailing with the OOI Cabled Array team from UW APL and the School of Oceanography, with a mission to scoop up some zooplankton from the ocean.
Leg 4 has gotten off to a good start. The R/V Revelle left Newport the evening of July 20th for the last time this cruise. The primary goal of this last leg is to repair or replace the three
The afternoon was spent transiting back to Slope Base which was going to take 18 hours to do
The dive was mostly complete. 2600 meters of ascent to 100 meters and then a beacon removal from a deep profiler float was done.
will work on editing and organizing videos some more as well as cleaning my room and getting ready to depart. Packing up feels strange. Though I have only been here for 6 weeks, it has felt like much, much longer.
Even though we didn’t get to go to El Guapo, I experienced something EXTREMELY AMAZING! Korey let me maneuver JASON’s starboard manipulator.
