The next stage of the OSNAP 2016 fieldwork
by Penny Holliday RRS Discovery cruise today left Reykjavik on what surely must be the most beautiful day of the year so far. Sailing into glaring sunshine over blue sparkly…
Before the game starts
by Feili Li It has been two days since we left Reykjavik and we are heading southwestward to the Irminger Sea, east of Greenland. It will take about another day…
At the Bight, and Oceanographer Heartbreak
OSNAP, Year 3 Leg 1, 56 42.45N 33 42.02W, 19-July-2016, At the Bight, and Oceanographer Heartbreak. by Heather Furey So, we made it! We are at the Bight. I have…
Back on The Line
OSNAP Year 3 Leg 1, 17-July-2016, 58d 45.19N 30d 16.38W, Back on The Line. by Heather Furey We are nearing the end of this cruise. We have four more CTD…
OSNAP Year 3 Leg 1, 15-July-2016, 61d 07.77N 28d 47.43W, steaming north.
by Heather Furey We woke up this morning to the awful news of a van driving into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice. Our French nationals onboard did not…
Weather day
OSNAP, Year 3 Leg 1, 57 55.86N 25 6.19W, 09-July-2016, Weather day. By Heather Furey Yesterday, the sea was molten silver. No organized swell, just a satin finish top, with…
Another piece of a puzzle
By Tiago Bilo After the 15th day at sea, scientists from University of Miami lead by Dr. William Johns had successfully deployed their fifth deep water mooring under the curious…
New adventures in the North Atlantic on the RRS Discovery
by Loic Houpert It’s been now more than a week that we left Glasgow on the RRS Discovery for the OSNAP cruise DY053. We entered the Iceland Basin yesterday to…
New research published by Femke de Jong and Laura de Steur
press release A new record in mixing of surface and deep ocean water in the Irminger Sea has important consequences for the Atlantic overturning circulation Scientists Femke de Jong and…
CTD special
by Nora Fried and Patricia Handmann Today this blog is focusing on one of the central Instruments of almost all oceanographic cruises: the CTD – Conductivity-Temperature-Depth sensor. One of the…