by Jennifer Magnusson | May 23, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
A Final Reflection Looking back on the challenges and lessons learned by being a part of an expedition like this one. ; In the last week, we deployed two floats. Trident Seekers, adopted by Midland ISD and MIIS Floaty, adopted by MIIS. On the day we deployed Trident...
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 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...
by George Matsumoto | Apr 11, 2025 | South Atlantic 2025
First day at sea! We have officially been at sea for a whole day. This blog has some information about what I have been up to. ; We have officially been at sea for a whole day! we left around 9:00 PM on April 9th, and for three days before that, I explored Montevideo,...
