Category: Visions 11
VISIONS11 Poetry
These poetry pages are designed to celebrate the beauty of the human spirit as expressed in the poetry of water, the study of oceans, and the peo
College of Charleston Students see Ocean Volcano
As part of the University of Washington-led VISIONS '11 research cruise, Leslie Sautter, geology professor at the College of Charleston in So
Going Home…
I can't believe it's over. I am now sitting at the airport, waiting to board my flight back to Toronto, Canada… where there will be no

Going Home
After three weeks at sea, the R/V Thompson turned east yesterday for the 28-hour steam home. This cruise has been incredibly busy and as we head

Sept 1 Marine Geology Class
As part of the VISIONS '11 education programs, Dr. Leslie Sautter, professor of geology at the College of Charleston, will lead
Some final remarks
We’ve finished our work at Axial Seamount and are headed back to land today. The whole time we have been transiting back though our ship ha
End of Cruise
The cruise is coming to an end and we are heading into Victoria this afternoon. It was a bumpy night, but the sky is now clear and the sun is out! Land, here we come!
Last Entry
These last few days have kind of run together. I finally finished compiling all my data for my presentation. I will be giving the presentation to

Phytoplankton
I ended up changing my cruise project from lava morphology/bathymetry mapping to looking at relative abundance of phytoplankton above Axial Seamo