by Jennifer Magnusson | Sep 30, 2024 | Pacific 2024
Arrival in Honolulu and Heading Out Our intrepid float deployer Cora arrives solo in Honolulu to board the R/V Thompson ; Hello Argo enthusiasts! My name is Cora Hersh, and I’m a graduate student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic...
by George Matsumoto | Jul 30, 2024 | Lindblad 2024
Science in the Land of Fire and Ice The Science Hub on board the National Geographic Resolution ; I recently traveled to Iceland to oversee the loading and logistics for the 12 floats onboard the cruise ship National Geographic Resolution. Everything went smoothly and...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 30, 2024 | Lindblad 2024
Lindblad Resolution Iceland Expedition Getting everything ready for the repositioning transit ; Lindblad Expedition passengers aboard the National Geographic Resolution adopted one of the 12 floats we’ll deploy from the cruise ship this fall. The float will be...
by Jennifer Magnusson | May 26, 2024 | East Pacific 2024
Captain Beaver’s Shining Star SOLO float 4010 will forever roam the ocean under its new name “Captain Beaver’s Shining Star.” ; I’m no longer aboard R/V Atlantis. Instead, a full science party is working along the Aleutian Islands, taking Alvin dives to the seafloor...
by Jennifer Magnusson | May 26, 2024 | East Pacific 2024
Deploying Drifters On the last night of the transit, Melissa stayed up late to deploy 10 drifters from the Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps. ; On the last night of the transit, I stayed up late to deploy 10 drifters from the Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at...
by George Matsumoto | May 14, 2024 | East Pacific 2024
Swag Exchange One way to share memories of an expedition. ; Today was swag swap day aboard R/V Atlantis! The ship store was open and it had the biggest array of branded gear I’ve ever seen aboard a research vessel. There are Atlantis shirts, of course—a standard. But...
