by George Matsumoto | Jan 2, 2022 | Expedition, South Atlantic 2022
New Year in a new country Happy new year from Cabo Verde! ; January 2, 2022 Current location: 14.9 N, 23.5 W Happy new year from Cabo Verde! Much of the science team for the research cruise has been traveling over the last few days. Although there’s been some drama...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Dec 27, 2021 | Expedition, South Atlantic 2022
Welcome to Expedition A13.5! Introducing Lily Dove, who will be blogging for the A13.5 expedition ; December 26, 2021 Current location: 29.9 N, 81.3 W Hello world! My name is Lily Dove and I am thrilled to be blogging for the A13.5 expedition. I am especially excited...
by George Matsumoto | May 18, 2021 | Expedition, North Atlantic 2021
A22 Week 4 Cruise Update A22 ends as we get home a little early! ; May 16, 2021 A22 Weekly Cruise update #4 We could have done new stations with the time left — a plan B was indeed traced, zig-zagging the Deep Western Boundary Current at the end of the transect— but...
by George Matsumoto | May 12, 2021 | Expedition, North Atlantic 2021
A22 Week 3 Cruise Update A22 Expedition in the home stretch ; May 11, 2021 A22 Weekly Cruise update #3 We have just finished our third week at sea. Four days ago, we crossed the eastern side of Bermuda, and now we are occupying the famous line-W, from Bermuda to Woods...
by George Matsumoto | May 10, 2021 | Expedition, North Atlantic 2021
Integrity The last GO-BGC float of this expedition – Integrity (illustrated by Caitlyn Webster) ; May 10, 2021 Fourth and final GO-BGC float Integrity is launched At 2250 UTC (coordinated Universal Time) on May 9th, 2021, the twelfth float of the newly NSF...
by George Matsumoto | May 7, 2021 | Expedition, North Atlantic 2021
AHEA Three floats launched now, with one to go ; May 6, 2021 AHEA is launched during calm conditions At 1015 UTC (coordinated Universal Time) on May 6rd, 2021, the eleventh float of the newly NSF funded GO-BGC Array program was launched over the side after CTD Station...