Category: Daily Blog 2018

Off to Sea We Go

The Ocean Observatories Cabled Array team from the UW School of Oceanography is about to set off on another 47-day exciting expedition

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Getting in the Groove

Through late last night and the wee morning hours of today, ROPOS worked to stretch out their new umbilical tether that provides power and communications to/from the vehicle. Diving to a depth of 2900 m (~9500 ft) takes about 3 hrs with

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Leg 6 Underway

The sixth and final leg of the UW RSN installation field season begins as the Thompson heads out into a Pacific that has been roughed up by a recent storm.

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Calm before the storm

After two long and complex mooring deployments on Leg5, the Thompson is headed back to Newport to gear up for the next leg and to weather a huge storm brewing just offshore.

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Madison Shipley Blog

It’s Sunday. We’re transiting home. So sad! I will miss the open ocean, but hopefully we’ll be reunited soon. So everyone was

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