by George Matsumoto | Jan 5, 2023 | Southern Ocean 2023
From Here to There Traveling halfway around the world to meet the ship ; Flying into the New Year After many months of waiting and preparation, I am finally on my way! It’s been a long day of travel to be sure, to get halfway around the world. I flew from our small...
by George Matsumoto | Dec 1, 2022 | SOCCOM Southern Ocean 2022
NBP22-11: Heading Northwest Launching N’dee Bii Łog (Apache Trout) – we will post photos once we get access to better bandwidth! ; 29 November 2022 Today we’re heading northwest in the Southern Pacific towards New Zealand, our current position being about 52...
by George Matsumoto | Nov 21, 2022 | SOCCOM Southern Ocean 2022
NBP22-11: And the weather started getting rough.... Float deployment after leaving the US Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula ; 21 November 2022 Coming to you (almost) live from the Southern Ocean! We’ve been dealing with some rough seas since leaving Palmer...
by George Matsumoto | Jul 9, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Rambler Express now rambling The final GO-BGC float of the PO2 expedition ; 9 July 2022 At 3:28 am local time, the Rambler Express began its journey to sample the great Pacific Ocean! It was a chilly morning at 31 45’ N, 119 48’ W, slightly off the coast...
by George Matsumoto | Jul 9, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Climate Buster Helping to learn more about the climate and the ocean ; 3 July 2022 On Friday, July 2, around 9pm we deployed the third biogeochemical Argo float of the 2022 re-occupation of the P02 repeat-hydrography section at 30N 131W. Adopted by the...
