August 2016 - Page 2 of 2 - OSNAP

Glittering glaciers, giant anchor chain and Discoveries past

August 3, 2016 Sarah

by Mia Taylor Since reaching our first CTD station near the coast of Greenland in the early hours of Saturday morning, things have switched up a gear and work is…

Three days into science work on the cruise, and it’s all starting to feel quite familiar

August 2, 2016 Sarah

by Penny Holliday We’re coming to the end of the third full day of science work, and in that very short time the science team of DY054 has settled into…

Attaching a current meter to a mooring. photo by Penny Holliday

The RV Pelagia, our home for the duration of this cruise.

Graduate students Roos Bol from NIOZ (left) and James Coogan from SAMS (right), at the CTD computer console.

Penny working on the mooring spool together with GEOMAR student Ilmar Leinmann (Photo credit: Penny Holliday)

Robert reels in the rosette.

The mooring team with R/V Pelagia deck crew, standing by a mooring anchor while towing the mooring to its final deployment spot.

Deploying a RAFOS float. photo by Penny Holliday

The CTD package, Ifremer/Ovide

ea time for the Principal Scientific Officer of the cruise (Stuart, on the left) during the recovery of the first US mooring, lead by Bill (in the middle). Dom (on the right side) observed with attention the work on the back deck.

Heather Furey (WHOI) and Mark Graham (UMiami) get the rosette ready for the first calibration cast of microcats and test of releases before Leg 2 moorings are deployed. Also on the package are the CTD (Conductivity-Temperature-Depth) sensors which relay water property values up a conducting cable as the package is lowered to near the sea floor.

photo by Penny Holliday

Feili and a float called Feili. photo by Penny Holliday