Author: Mike Vardaro

September 9: Yesterday we attempted to recover the mechanical leg of the vertical mooring, which was designed to be recovered with the

September 7: One day I’m saying goodbye to the old science crew, the next day I’m saying hello to the new. It

August 30: It’s easy to lose track of time while on board. The shifts are 4/8 (4 hours on 8 hours off).

September 1: Another exciting (and long) day! Yesterday, we spent the day diving on different hydrothermal sites, as well as exploring various

August 30: I feel like the 4 on, 8 off is finally starting to get to me and the usual 2 alarms

September 3: Today is the last full day on the Thompson and I have mixed feelings about it. Yes, I do miss

September 2: This morning we were still in the middle of our 20-hour transit back to slope base, so I took the

September 1: Today ROPOS collected biological samples for Andrew and Han’s senior thesis projects. The dive for this was significantly delayed due