by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 10, 2026 | East Atlantic 2026
Disembarking Leaving the ship, saying goodbye at the Mindelo port call, and some more wildlife spotted. ; 6/28/2026 After three weeks on the open ocean, we’ve made it to Mindelo in Cape Verde, Africa. Here is where myself and a couple others will leave the ship to...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 10, 2026 | East Atlantic 2026
Just Out Here Learning new things on the COCO-VOC cruise until disembarking. ; 6/28/2026 All the floats have been deployed and I’m now just a passenger on the Discovery until our port call in Mindelo. One highlight for me has been meals on the ship. We have warm and...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 1, 2026 | East Atlantic 2026
Wrapping up float deployments All five BGC Argo floats have been deployed, I have mostly been staring at the sky. ; 6/17/2026 It’s been a little over a week since the first BGC float was deployed and we’ve just waved goodbye to the final float. With each pre-dawn CTD...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jun 19, 2026 | East Atlantic 2026
Float Deployments 1 and 2 Back-to-back CTD stations and float deployments, plus some sight seeing ; 6/12/2026 We arrived on station for the first CTD cast and float deployment on June 11th a little before midday. This is called a ‘shake-down’ for the CTD, which...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jun 19, 2026 | East Atlantic 2026
Heading Out Amanda Pinson is sailing aboard the RRS Discovery COCO-VOC cruise to deploy BGC Argo floats ; 6/11/2026 After a one-day delay, the RRS Discovery departed from Southampton, UK for the COCO-VOC cruise on Tuesday, June 9th. I’m Amanda, a graduate student in...
