
Addien Wray’s Blog
Luckily, the monotonous deployment and recovery of 2900 meters of cable was punctuated by the emergence of two sharks.
Luckily, the monotonous deployment and recovery of 2900 meters of cable was punctuated by the emergence of two sharks.
Leg 2 has come to a close and preparations are underway for Leg 3 of the NSF-funded Ocean Observatories Initiative Regional Cable Array Cruise.
the food aboard is actually very delicious; fresh salmon with lemon, chicken curry, thanksgiving-style turkey dinners. Sadly, I’ve had to forego most of the food on board due to seasickness.
We arrived at Axial Seamount after a 19 hr steam to find the seas a bit bumpy still. To use the time wisely until we could dive a deep water CTD cast was conducted to get additional measurements of ocean parameters to verify cabled mooring instr
Following the completion of work at the Southern Hydrate Ridge methane seep site, the R/V Revelle transited to Slope Base to install an HPIES (horizontal electric field, pressure and inverted echo sounder) instrument that provides insig
By the afternoon we had arrived at Axial Base and did a CTD cast to get some measurements of the water column.
I have a tremendous opportunity to be out here, learning from and working with such bright scientists.
It was a typical summer arrival in Newport, blustery and about 50 degrees!!!! Leg 2 went by so quickly that it seemed to be done right
We also had an incredible sunset – the first of the cruise.