Whisky at last …
by Clare Johnson and Karen Wilson (SAMS) The time had finally come for the SAMS group onboard to deploy our bright pink seaglider named Jura. We could not have asked…
It all starts with The First Time…
By Yang Liu, Graduate student at the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, University of Miami Have I ever imagined my first RV (Research Vessel) experience? Of course, yes…
Of mice and men
by Stuart Cunningham, July 2014. R/V Knorr, mid-Atlantic. “I’m truly sorry man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion Which makes thee startle At me, thy…
Phase 1 of Knorr Leg 2 is Completed
By Amy Bower and Stuart Cunningham Almost within earshot of the bagpipes of Scotland, we deployed the last of the 20 moorings slated for this leg of R/V Knorr Voyage…
Mooring Deployments and Culinary Delights
By Karen Wilson As the newest member of the SAMS (Scottish Association for Marine Science) Glider and Moorings Team I was given the last minute opportunity to join the ship…
Experience at sea!
By Sijia Zou I never expect any experience at sea that can make me feel so close to “scientific research”. All of the fantastic feelings and knowledge I obtained comes…
Moorings and Birds
by Bill Johns Today marks a week at sea on our cruise aboard the R/V Knorr, and things have been going quite well up to this point. We have settled…
5 in, 13 to go
By Laura de Steur After having spent a couple of days at sea – which were very welcome in order to get used to the sea state, which was, fortunately,…
Water Goes Here, Water Goes There
By Amy Bower As described in earlier posts, the purpose of OSNAP is to quantify the ocean’s role in redistributing heat and fresh water between low and high latitudes in…
Outward Bound!
by Bill Johns After much anticipation and seemingly endless planning, we finally set off from Reykjavik, Iceland at 0900 last Sunday morning (July 6th) on Leg 2 of the R/V…