by George Matsumoto | May 28, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Marvin Gomez Ordinary Seaman who is anything but ordinary ; 28 May 2022 First let’s get the boring stuff out of the way for all the non-nautical types out there: what is an OS (Ordinary Seaman)? Basically it’s the entry level position in the deck...
by George Matsumoto | May 24, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Radio Jargon Sophie Shapiro shares the mystery of radio jargon aboard the R/V Roger Revelle ; 24 May 2022 Here’s Sophie Shapiro, reporting on radio jargon! While on the ship, we often need to talk to crew mates from opposite ends of the ship. To do...
by George Matsumoto | May 24, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Águila dorada Deploying the float mascot of El Dorado Elementary School ; 24 May 2022 Halfway through our journey, today (May 24th, day 25@sea out of 42 days in total) we deployed our 8th GO-BGC float, Águila dorada. Águila dorada was adopted by grades...
by George Matsumoto | May 19, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Elgin Eagle Deploying the float mascot of Elgin Elementary School ; 19 May 2022 Day 20@sea, after a beautiful sunset, the Elgin Eagle was deployed to the Pacific Ocean. the Elgin Eagle is the BGC-Float mascot for grade 4 of Elgin Elementary School in...
by George Matsumoto | May 7, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Aggie in the water! Successful deployment of our third BGC-Argo float ; 6 May 2022 Our third BGC-Argo float (Aggie) has been deployed by Megan Roadman! Aggie is the float mascot of grades 9-12 of McArthur High School in Hollywood, FL where although...