It is our third day at sea here on our lovely ship, the R.V. Endeavor. Today we are passing through Bermuda’s waters on our way to Barbados. The weather today was simply beautiful. This morning I spent some time working with Justin, one of the graduate students working with Dr. Montoya, to help him put […]
Leaving the Sikuliaq
Today is Saturday February 10. After sailing for a week straight we are all rather excited to leave the cramped ship quarters. However this past week has been very eye opening for all of us. Over the seven days of sailing we have done many CTD casts, a few sediment grabs, and drills with the […]
Experience to Remember
This is being written on our final day of the Sikuliaq, we are docked in Newport an its a clear day out with some clouds in the distance. We did a lot during this 10 day trips. We attempted to do gravity cores in the Santa Barbara Basin, that failed an the gravity core was […]
Graduate School Discussion
As undergraduate students at all different levels, thinking about the next steps in our careers; for many of us that is graduate school. For some of us it is graduate school at the master’s level or PhD level. After breakfast the graduate student Elena, who attends Scripps Institute of Oceanography gave a discussion on the […]
Deep CTD and fire training
Today the seas have calmed down quiet a bit and everyone was starting to get their sea legs. The past few days the waves have been 2-4 feet. The waves today are about 1-2 feet, which was nice. Today the crew had to go through Fire Training, which entailed learning how to use an oxygen […]
Blast Horn
I was awakened at around 4 am to this horn being blasted off every 10 minutes or so. I laid in bed trying to figure if that was the three long blast to signal man overboard? No, the blasts weren’t that long and there was definitely more than three. Were they the 6 short blast […]
CTD into the Deep
The CTD (conductivity, temperature, and depth) was deployed Tuesday at around 3:52 am to measure conductivity, temperature, and depth of along the water column. It descended to about 1200 meters deep and stopped just short of the seafloor—brave considering how valuable the equipment is. The CTD was periodically stopped along its ascent to collect seawater […]
Seasickness hits and gravity core samples
I think I was the first to get hit with sea sickness. Right after I left my room to get breakfast I headed straight back and stayed there for about an hour. Something about breakfast just brought it out. But a few hours napping in the sun fixed it quickly. Otherwise, everything is going great. […]
Learning about multibeam sensors onboard the Sikuliaq
We’ve been aboard the R/V Sikuliaq for a few days now and I can say in confidence that it is an experience like no other. From day one of boarding, I was amazed in all aspects of the vessel from her living quarters, dining, mechanics and equipment, and even the lounging area. The comfort makes […]
Getting our sea legs and calibrating instruments
Aboard the R/V Siquliaq I started out the day with an amazing breakfast (thanks to the awesome cooks here; seriously it is the best food I have ever had). We had some down time in between breakfast and lunch. After lunch we had to perform a safety drill if we were ever in a situation […]
