by Jennifer Magnusson | May 6, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
A Fourth Float in the Water Our fourth float, adopted by Downingtown East High School and named “Bea’s Betta,” was deployed on May 4th ; On May 4th I got the chance to deploy another float. This float adopted by Downingtown East High School and named “Bea’s Betta” was...
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 George Matsumoto | Apr 24, 2025 | Indian 2025
From Shouts to Signals: How Ocean Chemistry Comes Alive By GO-SHIP I09 tracer analyst Mary Kate (MK) Dinneen ; “10 ON 4, 10 ON 4!” That’s not a drill call—it’s a scientist calling out to the sample “cop,” making sure samples are collected from the right bottles on the...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 17, 2025 | Indian 2025
It's All Fun and Games We’re getting into our fourth week aboard the R/V Thompson; here’s a look at what we do off shift to keep ourselves sane. ; Monopoly Deal Most of the time, everyone gets along here. Not so during this game – we have vendettas....
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...
