Today is the second full day we’ve been at sea. After boarding the ship on the 8th, we sat at the dock in Newport for a night, and waited to embark until the following morning at 0900. The weather has been mostly calm and predominately fog
The distractions seem to disappear when at sea and there is a more than usual amount of face to face interactions and conversations with people from around the world.
The main objective during my watch shift yesterday was the deployment of the instrument MOSQUITO
A little past midnight, I got the chance to watch the multibeam sonar survey the transects in Southern Hydrate Ridge. From the multibeam, I was able to see
These environments are just so majestic and every time, every single time, you take a look at them you realize how you’re only a small part of an infinite undiscovered universe.
We came into Newport, Oregon on August 7 after completing our dives at the Oregon Offshore Site. After watching the Seattle weather, we appreciated the cooler overcast conditions in Newport. The R/V Revelle sat off the entrance to the channel at
Somehow in the past few days, time has sped up. It seems amazing that we will be in port on Monday. Time out here is different. For those of us who have spent much of our time on the R/V Thompson, its sister ship the R/V Revelle..
The weather gods have been playing with us this past few days. Winds were above 20-25 knots with angry seas, which prevented us from diving after the dive in the International District Hydrothermal Field at the summit of Axial Seamount. Once the
Today was the best day on the ship so far. Right now, we are above Axial Seamount, which is a dense hydrothermal vent site. Because we are trying to avoid bad weather on the coast, we were able to take JASON for a "nak
Yesterday was a fantastic day investigating the International District Hydrothermal Field