by Jennifer Magnusson | May 2, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
PIES in the Water This week I got to watch as we recovered four of five Pressure Inverted Echosounders (PIES) ; Every time I go out on a research cruise, I am fascinated by the technology that scientists use to complete their research. This cruise has been no...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Apr 29, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
Watching the Waves Our third week at sea included two BGC Float deployments, water sampling, a game night, three PIES recoveries, and lots of time out in the sun. ; As we began the third week being out at sea, we began heading North along 10 W, a line of longitude....
by Jennifer Magnusson | Apr 16, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
Deployment Day! Even with nearly a week at sea and two float deployments down, the novelty of this experience still hasn’t quite worn off. ; Three days ago, we left the bad weather behind us, and I got to decorate the adopted BGC floats. Three of the other...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Mar 24, 2025 | Indian 2025
Fremantle and Beyond Due to a slight delay, Melissa Miller and some of the other scientists had a chance to explore Fremantle and the surrounding area ; Underway at last! After a slight delay, I09N is underway! All lab gear is onboard and secured for sea and the...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Feb 7, 2025 | Indian 2025
Pre-cruise Decorating Melissa Miller had a chance to decorate the floats for this expedition before they were loaded for shipment. ; Welcome to the I09N cruise blog! So many things will be happening on this cruise and GO-BGC floats are only a small part of that....
