Overturning in the Subpolar North Atlantic Program
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
by Femke de Jong After four years the University of Miami and Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) teams are once again out at sea together again. Four years…
By Marilena Oltmanns Tirelessly, full of determination, and with a hint of stubbornness, the ship cleaved its way through the sea. It hadn’t seen land for days and now, in…
By Rita Markina On 15 July, we recovered the first mooring system at the easternmost point of the OSNAP array. A mooring is an anchored system that consists of many…
By Rita Markina The UK OSNAP team left Southampton on 12 July and is heading into the sub-polar North Atlantic. We will be working on the very eastern part of…
By Ellen Park Life at sea is organized chaos. Each day is incredibly valuable because sea time is so expensive. As a result, prior to stepping foot on the boat,…