April 26 2021—Day 6

April 26 2021—Day 6

Comets and Dogie Diver in the crate First two GO-BGC floats of A22 ready for launch! Comets decorated by Caitlyn Webster and Jesse Anderson; Dogie Diver decorated by Caitlyn Webster ; April 26, 2021 A22 starts heading north At 0316 UTC (coordinated Universal Time) on...
A22 Weekly Update #1

A22 Weekly Update #1

A22 Week 1 Cruise Update A22 Expedition leg is underway ; April 26, 2021 A22 Weekly Cruise update #1 Although this is our first week at sea, for many of us (12 scientists and 8 crew members), A22 started well before. On the weekend of April 3-4, we traveled to...
April 22, 2021—Day 2

April 22, 2021—Day 2

Quarantine in St. Thomas and A22 begins A tale of love by Ali Siddiqui ; April 22, 2021 As the A20 was underway in the North Atlantic, simultaneously, there was a bunch of people from all over the country scrambling to get to the end point of the 1st leg, which was...
April 8, 2021—Day 24

April 8, 2021—Day 24

The Flysch in the crate The artwork by Elena Perez is amazing! The Flysch was launched today ; April 8, 2021 The Flysch is launched and we hope it will never find its namesake! At 1425 UTC (coordinated Universal Time) on April 8th, 2021, the eighth float of the newly...
A20 Weekly Update #3

A20 Weekly Update #3

A20 Week 3 Cruise Update Efficiency at sea – practice makes perfect ; April 7, 2021 A20 Weekly Cruise update #3 This last week has been one of pleasant routine. We’ve become a well-oiled machine of preppingthe CTD rosette, deploying, recovering and sampling the...
April 6, 2021—Day 22

April 6, 2021—Day 22

Weddell and The Flysch in the crate The artwork by Elena Perez is amazing! Weddell was launched today ; April 6, 2021 Weddell enters the North Atlantic waters At 1400 UTC (coordinated Universal Time) on April 6th, 2021, the seventh float of the newly NSF funded GO-BGC...