Mooring Deployment at Station K1
This week, we recovered, serviced, and redeployed the last mooring of our cruise, the K1 mooring. This mooring measured continuously temperature and salinity in the central Labrador Sea since the…
HOW MUCH LAUGHING GAS IS DISSOLVED IN SEAWATER?
By Elizabeth Wallace Here aboard Meteor, there are many interrelated projects happening which will all add to our understanding of this complex region of the ocean, the Subpolar North Atlantic.…
Exploring the Western Labrador Sea Aboard the RV Meteor – Week #2
By Anne-Sophie Fortin You may find this blog post also at https://www.oceanblogs.org/meteor184. In addition, you can follow Meteor’s position and path at https://beluga.geomar.de/m184. POLAR LIGHTS, RED MOON, AND SHOOTING STARS…
Argo Float Recovery Near Greenland – RV Meteor
You may find this blog post also on oceanblogs. Follow Meteor’s position in real time! Over the past 20 years, Argo floats have caused a small revolution in the field…
Exploring the Western Labrador Sea Aboard the RV Meteor – Week #1
By Anne-Sophie Fortin Departure from St John’s Harbour August 11-12, 2022 The water is still in the harbour by night. Shrouded in what seems like a perpetual mist, the Meteor…
Aboard the R/V Neil Armstrong
By Bill Johns, Chief Scientist Our cruise is now about halfway through, and spirits are high as we steadily make progress on accomplishing our cruise objectives. Yesterday the final University…
A Modeler’s First Cruise
By Daan Reijnders “Well, I’m somewhat of a stowaway here…” This is how I’ve been introducing myself to some crew members in the messroom during dinner or when fetching some…
The night shift
By Phoebe Hudson It’s 11 pm – time to wake up! I re-open my porthole and it’s now dark outside, with only the whitewash as a contrast against the dark…