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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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,