I did make it back to Austin, Texas safe and sound. I had 3 excellent flights back to Austin that were all on time and ran smoothly. My students were very anxious to see me again after being gone…
I started my day a little later than most because I slept until 11:30 a.m.! I was in bed for close to 11 hours, but that is good because for the past couple of nights I had only gotten maybe a total…
Today we had an opportunity to take a tour of the engine room. The tour was led by 3 of the 4 engineers, Dave (chief engineer), Richard (2nd assistant engineer), and Jerry (3rd assistant engineer…
The webinar was a great success! I really enjoyed presenting my experiences to many students all over the US. The scientists were also very impressed with the level of questions that were asked by…
I asked Marcy, the UTIG cartographer this question.
"How do we start making maps of the seafloor?"
She started by telling me about multibeam swath bathymetry sonar maps. Bathymetry maps are…
Finally, YES-we got permission this afternoon for dredging and recording data in Chilean waters! Everybody is so excited and relieved by the news of our official Chilean permit. We now have until…
I am afraid that it is getting easier and easier for me to sleep in until 11 in the morning. I don't know how I will adjust to my normal teaching schedule, which has me waking up at 5:45 in the…
Time was short on the seamount so Rhian worked hard to ensure that every minute was spent sampling as many habitats as possible. During the 12 hour shift 4 dredges were brought up on deck with mixed…
We are using the Towcam to check out the seamounts that are located between the Antarctic and South American Continents. This seamount, that we are calling "Interim Seamount” because we do not know…
The new and improved box dredge did find and collect many fossilized corals! Laura and Rhian (with lots of help from the marine technicians) were excited to have made the box dredge work so well for…
