Author: Interactive Oceans
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Onward We Go About to Start Leg 3
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.
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Claire Decoys’ Blog
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.
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Lighting up Axial Seamount Again
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
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A Blustery Transit to Axial Seamount
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
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Sasha Seroys’ Blog
By the afternoon we had arrived at Axial Base and did a CTD cast to get some measurements of the water column.
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Kevin Eyers’ Insights
I have a tremendous opportunity to be out here, learning from and working with such bright scientists.
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Julie Nelsons’ Insights
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
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Cheryl Greengroves’ Insights
We also had an incredible sunset – the first of the cruise.
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Blizzards Drones and Gas Bubbles
Yesterday under calm seas we completed work at the Oregon Offshore site, turning one of the Benthic Experiment Platforms (BEP)