by George Matsumoto | Sep 18, 2025 | Adopt-a-Float, Outreach
Adopt-a-Float Sticker Contest 2026 Sticker Contest The 2026 Adopt-a-Float Sticker Contest is now open with submissions due by Feb 9, 2026 at midnight Pacific Time. Submission Guidelines Submission must be sent as a digital image file in one of the following formats:...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 24, 2025 | Indian 2025
From Shouts to Signals: How Ocean Chemistry Comes Alive By GO-SHIP I09 tracer analyst Mary Kate (MK) Dinneen ; “10 ON 4, 10 ON 4!” That’s not a drill call—it’s a scientist calling out to the sample “cop,” making sure samples are collected from the right bottles on the...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 17, 2025 | Indian 2025
It's All Fun and Games We’re getting into our fourth week aboard the R/V Thompson; here’s a look at what we do off shift to keep ourselves sane. ; Monopoly Deal Most of the time, everyone gets along here. Not so during this game – we have vendettas....
by George Matsumoto | Apr 11, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
First day at sea! We have officially been at sea for a whole day. This blog has some information about what I have been up to. ; We have officially been at sea for a whole day! we left around 9:00 PM on April 9th, and for three days before that, I explored Montevideo,...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 11, 2025 | Indian 2025
First float deployments The first BGC-Argo floats have been deployed from the R/V Thompson I09N ; On April 5th and 9th, we deployed our first two BGC-Argo floats! Everything went very smoothly for Floater the Explorer and Sakai Coho 2, adopted by Mission High School...
