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By Olivia Stortz Early this morning, we arrived at our first station at 7:30 am. Although it was much later than our 5:30 am breakfast time, which I had elected to wake up for this morning (Chef Jeff is amazing). The first station was located at the opening of the Chesapeake Bay, while most of […]

By Khirah George The last thing I was expecting on a research vessel would be the amount of food I would eat. I was semi prepared for the motion sickness but even that took me for a spin. I’m not sure how many people are used to eating 3 meals a day but for me […]

By Hayden Vega and Maliana McCollum Our first day started the night before at 11:44PM. Some of us met on the top deck to say see you later to land, which we wouldn’t see for seven days. As we pulled from the harbor, we chatted about the day ahead—legendary breakfasts, potential dolphin sightings, and most […]

By Abrian Curington, STEMSEAS Mentor I have different roles when I’m on the open ocean, depending on the expedition. Sometimes I’m learning everything I can about the research being done, then communicating that to the public as a Science Communicator. On these trips I keep a sea log of what I’m learning and experiencing. I […]

By Madison Braswell, Montclair State University Editor’s Note: This is a delayed post from earlier in the cruise… transport yourself back in time! June 11th and 12th represented the final days of our journey, and the energy is as bittersweet as can be. We arrived in Dutch Harbor, Alaska yesterday, and we were all way […]

By Grace Bowman, Baldwin Wallace University Editor’s Note: This is a delayed post from earlier in the cruise… transport yourself back in time! Hello from Alaska! This morning I woke up early in order to see the beautiful view and to watch us dock. Seeing the sun glisten off the mountains was life changing. I […]

By Bishesh Shah, Cornell University Editor’s Note: This is a delayed post from earlier in the cruise… transport yourself back in time! After this 2-week voyage across the Pacific Ocean, we made lifelong memories, shared countless laughs, and learned so much from each other. For the past few days, we got into groups and created […]

By Kaylee Ly, Mission College Editor’s Note: This is a delayed post from earlier in the cruise… transport yourself back in time! Hellooo everyone!! I’m Kaylee, and I’ll be taking over the blog for today! First thing in the morning at 8AM, we finally deployed the CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth). While most of the […]

By Bishesh Shah: Environmental Engineering, Cornell University Editor’s Note: This is a delayed post from earlier in the cruise… transport yourself back in time! Today felt extra long. Since we got an extra hour and entered a new time zone! We really are on our way to Alaska. With that extra hour of sleep, I […]

By Rip Pacier, Fullerton College Day 10 on the Atlantis started a lot earlier for some of us, at 12am, almost exactly, we participated in a deep CTD launch, groups were selected to launch and retrieve the CTD as well as retrieve it, coached by Mentor Shannon and SSSG (Shipboard Scientific Services Group) TR . […]