Cruise Report AR69-03
By Fiamma Straneo An awakening of gusty winds and capricious waves Replace images of Reykjavik Hesitant movement on the ship as we abruptly begin Steam, Stop, Sample Rollercoaster at the…
The OSNAP zoo
By Donald Slater The walk-in fridge in the main lab of the RV Neil Armstrong has for the past 5 weeks functioned as anything but a fridge. With storage space…
Stories in Greenlandic Place Names along the Southeast Coast (Straneo OSNAP AR69-03)
By Aurora Roth On September 1, almost halfway through the cruise, we passed through Ikerasassuaq (“big sound”, alternately known as Prince Christian Sound). It’s a long narrow channel that demarcates…
When the science stops
By M. Yoder, Boston College We boarded the R/V Neil Armstrong as scientists on a mission to collect data and redeploy moorings, and while someone is on shift and working…
Mooring Operations along the CF Array
By Hiroki Nagao On 19 August 2022, the R/V Neil Armstrong set sail from Reykjavík to the cold, stormy waters of the Subpolar North Atlantic. This region consists of a…
Learning the Water Sampling Routine
By Monica Nelson Many of us on the CTD watches are physical oceanographers but we were charged with collecting biogeochemical data to complement the OSNAP mission. In addition to the…
Straneo OSNAP: Cruise AR69-03 intro
By Monica Nelson Out in the Irminger Sea, our world is at once both very small and very expansive. Confined to R/V Neil Armstrong our world consists of the instrument-laden…
Labrador Sea Weather Forecasts – Meet our Meteorologist and Weather Technician aboard the RV Meteor
By Anne-Sophie Fortin Every day aboard starts with looking up the weather forecast from our favourite meteorologist aboard: Julia Wenzel. Her forecasts are central to the planning of our day-to-day…
Gliders Recovery with a Rescue Parachute
We returned where we investigated an eddy last week to recover our two gliders that have been collecting data since then. Because of the strong winds, low visibility, and high…
SCIENTIFIC MEETING
Atlantic Overturning: New Observations and Challenges The Royal Society meeting will take place on 5-6 December 2022, 09:00 – 17:00 (London Time). Both in-person and online attendance will be available.…