Day 3
August 21st, 2011 – DAY 3 – Today, I learned how to add track layers into ArcGIS mapping software. I added several ROPOS dive tracks from t
August 23, 2011
Category: Visions 11
2nd Watch
I had my second watch today. We covered over 6 km of a cable survey, making sure the cable was in a good position on the seafloor. On my watch it
August 23, 2011
Entry 7
Yesterday and today have been pretty steady. There is a fair amount of work for me to do, but enough time off for me to sleep a fair amount. My w
August 22, 2011
Surveying The Slopes of Axial Seamount
Since last night we have been imaging the armoured fiber-optic cable that was installed ~3 weeks ago up one of the flanks of Axial Seamount.
August 22, 2011
Day 2 3
During the transit from Newport-Axial Seamount, I kept myself busy reading papers on lava morphologies of the area we’re headed to, and hel
August 22, 2011
Slocum Electric Glider Deployment
Contributed by Tina Haskins, Rutgers University
Today marked the beginning of a new collaboration between Rutgers University
August 21, 2011
August 21, 2011
Days 1 and 2
August 19th, 2011 – DAY 1 – We (the students of OCEAN 411) boarded the vans at 0700 in Seattle and departed for Newport OR to board t
August 21, 2011
Sensor-bots and the Sea
This is my first post from the Thompson, and my third day at sea. Although we have been in transit to Axial Volcano for the last two days, there
August 21, 2011
First 3 Days Aboard the Thompson
Day 1
Everything new and thrilling!!!! As we said goodbye to land, I saw a seal on a buoy. Starting to get my sea legs, and so far no
August 21, 2011