Saturday, Oct. 6th R/V Sikuliaq -Noah Khalsa This morning our group was greeted by calm seas and a hearty breakfast, a good combination for recovering from battles with seasickness. Astonishingly, all members of our party were accounted for during morning lessons. We learned about identifying sediments, making smear slides, and examined ancient Antarctic planktonic […]
Sea What Happens…
Saturday, October 6th, 2018 Day 5 at Sea Demi Carballosa. Miami, Florida. Awakened by the hidden cool breeze of my porthole; my fifth day at sea begins. Much like every morning at sea, my alarm is the subtle aroma of freshly cooked breakfast seeping from the kitchen of the galley. In combination with the boats […]
Fighting Waves in the Bering Sea – Day 3
Day 3 – R/V Sikuliaq – Kevin Huo Location: Bering Sea As I write to you, Outside World, I am sitting in the lab of the R/V Sikuliaq alongside another STEMSEAS student reminiscing silently the days spent aboard this ship. Today is Day 3. The lab is moving up and down, up and down, left […]
Day Two: Into the Storm
Hillary Smith Thursday, October 4, 2018 I woke up to the sound of voices and pop music. Bleary eyed, I checked my phone for the time–8:05 AM. Having overslept, I get ready in a rush to make our 8:30 AM start. In the Baltic Room, down stairs on the main level, the CTD was […]
Welcome aboard the R/V Si-queasy-aq
The sea is a turbulent gray-green and the other students have retreated to their bunks and toilet bowls as they battle the incessant swells. Looking out the port window I am witness to a miraculous sight: the largest orca whale I have ever seen—no, it must be the largest orca in existence—is making a beeline […]
better late than never blog
today Sat Oct 6th I, Sam Radcliffe, am blogging, a feat Ive been attempting since Wed Oct 3 due to a lack of internet connection. First of all it is this that strikes my interest, the lack of internet facility. The ship has a fast, hi-tec onboard internet connection system that allows communication within the […]
Samples and Sunsets: A day on the R/V Endeavor
Julissa Murrieta Brrrinnggg! My alarm goes off at seven o’clock in the morning. It’s dark in my room, with no source of light from the outside. For a brief moment, I wonder where I am and that’s when I hear it. The faint sound of the waves crashing against the R/V Endeavor. We are out […]
The Spirit of the Crew
An adorable photo of some of the crew and myself! Left to right: Brendan (2nd Mate), Rob (Assist. Engineer), Tallie (Me!! Stemseas Participant), John (AB), Kevin (AB), Oscar (Bosun), Kurt (QMED) Chris A. (Chief Mate), Gabe (Marine Tech. 3). Front: Pat (AB), Lynne (Marine Tech. 4) Tallie Foster We are now about halfway through our […]
Interviews of the ship’s chefs by Victoria
Brian Keenan Brian was born and raised in Yorkshire, England and has lived and worked in 5 countries. He worked in construction in Amsterdam for a few years and then decided he wanted something new. That’s when he flew to Miami in search of adventure. He has a passion for cooking and is extremely creative. […]
Interview of Chief Engineer Ray by Gabriel
For my crew interview I chose to go straight to the man with the most important job. No offense Captain Dave, but I went downstairs to talk to the crew member tasked with keeping us alive, keeping us afloat, and keeping our sewage system running, Chief Engineer Ray Rodriguez. I first me Ray on my […]
