Towards the end…
by Laura de Steur OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2) As we are nearing the end of our cruise the last CTD station was finalized late last night, and…
Survey with Passion
by Huang Lei OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2) My pleasure to join the OSNAP cruise on Pelagia, to meet kind friends from Europe and America who devote themselves…
Why do we RAFOS?
by Femke de Jong OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2) Since the start of the cruise I’ve been asked this question by many people on the ship. Possibly those…
Final post from the Thassala
By Camille Lique RREX cruise: R/V Thassala It is been a week since we came back to dry land. After 35 days at sea, everyone was pretty excited to be…
A ton of data
by Laura de Steur OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2) As mentioned before, the recovery of the first moorings on this cruise was very successful: all but one instrument…
Maximizing the schedule
by Laura de Steur OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2) Since we arrived at the moorings sites in the northward flowing Irminger Current on the Reykjanes Ridge, we have…
OSNAP East Leg 2 Underway
By Laura de Steur OSNAP 9: R/V Pelagia (EAST Leg 2) After a bright sunny day of loading and getting ready on RV Pelagia in the port of Reykjavik, we…
First time at sea: lessons learned
by Casimir De Lavergne RREX cruise: R/V Thassala On June 6, 2015, I embarked with the RREX team on R/V Thalassa for a five-week journey across the subpolar North Atlantic.…
Leg 1 of the 2015 OSNAP Field Season – R/V Pelagia cruise PE-399
by Bill Johns Under glorious blue skies and with a fair tide running behind her the R/V Pelagia left the Port of Southampton, England on June 16th to officially begin…
Which day is today?
By Camille Lique If you ask anyone on the ship “which day is today?”, it will likely take a few seconds before you get an answer. It might actually even…