2024 Pacific Transit
GO-BGC is teaming up with Lindblad Expeditions to deploy floats from their cruise ship, the National Geographic Resolution.
GO-BGC is teaming up with Lindblad Expeditions to deploy floats from their cruise ship, the National Geographic Resolution. This is our first time partnering with their Visiting Scientists Program! A total of 12 floats will be deployed as the ship crosses the Pacific. Our scientist will be the only passenger onboard as the ship repositions before its austral summer season in Antarctica. The floats are loading in Iceland and will ride the ship through the Northwest Passage and then around Japan. Floats will be deployed on the ship’s repositioning cruise from Kobe, Japan to Puerto Montt, Chile from late September to late October, 2024. Seawater samples will be collected and analyzed back on land to help verify the floats.
Loading and Outreach: Melissa Miller
Float Check-out and Outreach: Andrew Meyer
Ship Rider and Outreach: Isa Rosso
2024 Lindblad Transit Expedition Logs
Japan Float
Lindblad Two, which was adopted and decorated by passengers during their voyage around Japan back in September, was deployed2024/09/18 Another float successfully deployed! With only four more to go in the next eight days, it’s going to be a busy time for the GO-BGC...
Iceland Float
The Olympics finals and the deployment of the Lindblad One float, which was adopted by passengers in IcelandOctober 17, 2024 As we approach the end of the voyage with just about 10 days left, there's still a lot to do. We have many floats to deploy and the ship’s...
Papeete, Tahiti
We deployed Thingamajig, and had a brief stop in Papeete, TahitiOctober 14, 2024 We just had a brief stop in Papeete, Tahiti, which gave us a nice chance to walk on solid ground after these first two weeks at sea. I took the chance to go to Plage Lafayette—one of...
Neptune’s Court
Fulfilling Neptune's requirements to cross the Equator, plus deploying the New Millennium Academy RHINO-floatOctober 12, 2024 So, I just completed my first equator crossing aboard the ship, and it was wildly fun! It all started with a group of us “pollywogs” (those...
Resolution Olympics
The National Geographic Resolution Olympics get underway, and the NG Resolution No 1 float is deployed.October 9, 2024 The National Geographic Resolution’s Olympic games have started! Basketball, ping pong, pool table, paper airplanes, darts, Mortal Combat,...
Oligo
Oligo - adopted by the Sydney Distance Education High School in acknowledgement of the OligoceneOctober 7, 2024 The first 10 days have already gone.. They went so fast! And they were all beautiful, with mesmerizing sunsets and rainbows that have blessed us. My time...
BCHS Prawn
Launching the BCHS Prawn float, adopted by the Ballina Coast High School (NSW, Australia)September 30, 2024 Greetings from the beautiful National Geographic Resolution! I’m on the repositioning voyage from Kobe (Japan), which we left just 3 days ago (September 27 at...
Float Check
Andrew Meyer from the University of Washington met the National Geographic Resolution to check out the floats and make sure they're ready for deployment.Andrew Meyer from the University of Washington joined the National Geographic Resolution in Kagoshima, Japan. Since...
Land of Fire and Ice
The Science Hub on board the National Geographic ResolutionI 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 the floats will ride the ship through...
Lindblad Introduction
Getting everything ready for the repositioning transitLindblad 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 deployed in the Pacific Ocean in mid-October, so...