Gravity. It escapes conscious thought most of the time and when it does draw the minds eye its generally in the form of a ludicrous man sitting under an apple tree, apple in hand, a dotted line and unsavory expression connecting him to the branch above.
Last day of the cruise. Most of it spent in slight seasickness, although not enough for any drastic measures. We presented projects today.
The Deep Profiler is a go! It took a little while and some finagling by the engineering crew, but it’s working. It was supposed to happen during
In the wee morning hours, ROCLS unexpectedly became stuck in soft sediment when it was unlatched from ROPOS at the end of the 1-km cable lay. Surprisingly, there was a bit of a slope, and this, plus the soft sediment, caused ROCLS to sink down
We are back in Newport. Leg 2 has come to a close. Now that things have calmed down, it seems like the time for a little reflection.
Today is my last full day on the R/V Thompson. We started steaming toward Newport at noon today and the plan is to be there by 2 PM
Today my shift was extremely productive. We finally got permission from NSF to plug the cables into the node at Axial Base. It was an exciting
This day was the day of great accomplishments. As I woke up in the morning for my watch, I was greeted by the beautiful views
