
During the UW-NSF-OOI VISIONS’19 Cabled Array expedition, 13 undergraduate students from across the US and globe are participating in at-sea activities. For many, this is their first time at sea. Below, they share their experiences with you regarding this often life changing experience.

Keith Jiang
July 4, 2019 A 4 a.m. shift in the control van usually isn’t an exciting thing; you’d lose your chance to see the sunrise

Katie Gonzalez
July 6 & 7, 2019 Well it’s finally happened. I’ve reached the point where I can no longer keep days of 24-hour periods separate in

Eve Hudson
July 7, 2019 Ah, transit days. If yesterday was a feast of work, this is the famine that follows. In this case, though, that may

Joshua Lai
June 28, 2019 It was the last day of the work on the ship. The moment is bittersweet. I’m sad to not be able to

Chris Williams
June 28, 2019 Hey everyone, welcome back to my final blog! My last day on the ship has been bittersweet. I’ve really enjoyed getting to

Jacob Clairmont
June 28, 2019 Today is our last full day on the ocean and it is definitely a busy one. Since everything is coming to an

Ramya Ravichandran Asha
June 16, 2019 Day 4 of Sailing: Today, we went to Hell and back. (I mean the hydrothermal vent named ‘Hell’ of course.) After eating

Chelsea Meier
June 17, 2019: On June 16th, 2019 my day began with a student meeting. During the meeting we discussed proper shift behavior, such as reporting

Lauren Schmahl
June 17, 2019 It’s crazy to believe that today is day six on the boat, meaning the cruise is almost over. We only have a

Stephen Bray
July 17, 2019: What is this blog number five? Sure, why not I’m sticking with it. Anyways, today was pretty busy overall so taking some

Hayden Amidon
June 17, 2019 3:24 pm I just woke up to do a CTD cast with Ramya, Stephen, and Hill. I’m writing this while we wait

Kailey Busch
June 16, 2019: Today I finished reading one of the books I brought with me. I used to read a lot when I was younger,