RREX Cruise Observations
By Camille Lique First, if you want to know where we are right now, have a look here. We are now running measurements at full speed. This means that we…
RREX 2015 cruise underway
By Camille Lique It has been almost a week since the RREX 2015 cruise started. After loading all our scientific equipment onto the N/O Thalassa, and finding a place for…
Northern gliders linking OSNAP and Vitals
Northern gliders linking OSNAP and Vitals Brad deYoung, Jaime Palter, Ralf Bachmayer, Robin Matthews, Tara Howatt, Brian Claus – Memorial and McGill Universities At Memorial we are active not only…
Glass floats embark on a 2 year mission at sea
As we head back towards Reykjavik, 19 long cylindrical glass floats are just beginning their own journeys. Over the course of our month at sea, WHOI technician Elizabeth Bonk deployed…
Life in Knorr-world
The internet connection on the R/V Knorr is tenable, but slow. When I sit down at the computer, I often bring reading material to look at while web pages load.…
Deploying tripods on the continental shelf
The so-called “tripods” on board the Knorr look like lunar landers, or blobs of giant pollen, depending on how you tilt your head. They’re a kind of mooring: a package…
Resolutions
At all hours of the day and night, the team of 6 watchstanders have been taking turns hauling a heavy piece of equipment into and out of the ocean. The…
Night watch by the light of the supermoon
The Knorr never sleeps. So neither do the scientists on it — or at least not all at the same time. Between sunrise and sunset, two “watch standers” and one…
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…