by George Matsumoto | Apr 5, 2025 | Indian 2025
The Amazing Shrinking Styrofoam Cup: A Deep-Sea Physics Adventure Ever wondered what happens when you send a regular cup to the bottom of the ocean? ; 🎯 What’s the Experiment? Oceanographers (a.k.a. sea scientists) sometimes attach styrofoam cups to a piece of...
by George Matsumoto | Mar 30, 2025 | Indian 2025
Deploy, recover, sample, deploy... A day in the life of a CTD Watchstander ; By the time I started my PhD program, I had decided that field work and chemistry labs weren’t for me. I was content to sit at home in Colorado and study the ocean from afar with my computer....
by George Matsumoto | Mar 28, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
Paige McKay An introduction to Paige ; Hi! My name is Paige McKay, and I am currently a second-year undergraduate at the University of Washington School of Oceanography. I work as a lab tech at the UW Argo Float Lab and have been building, testing, and shipping Argo...
by George Matsumoto | Mar 27, 2025 | Indian 2025
A first-timer's first week at sea Roxanne Mina reflects on Week 1 of her first research cruise experience. ; After going through two postponed GO-SHIP cruises, I’ve learned that observational oceanography can be unpredictable. Challenges from ship mechanical issues,...
by George Matsumoto | Oct 17, 2024 | Lindblad 2024
Lindblad One—Adopted in Iceland The Olympics finals and the deployment of the Lindblad One float, which was adopted by passengers in Iceland ; October 17, 2024 As we approach the end of the voyage with just about 10 days left, there’s still a lot to do. We have...
