While I was in deep sleep another dredge was completed, at about 6:00 in the morning it reached the back deck. I did get all the information about the dredge once I arrived for my watch shift at…
Dredge #6 was back on deck early this morning, at about 8:00. Unfortunately, the dredge did not bring many rocks up with it. So, the few rocks were cleaned and set aside for further observation and…
Early this morning the fifth dredge was pulled onto our ship's back deck. It was again full of rocks! The 2 different types of igneous rocks that were collected are called dacites and…
Look at this beautiful day in the Scotia Sea!
The sun was shining, the temperature rose, and the winds died down—what a wonderful day!
Okay, I really didn't get sunburned, but with few clouds and…
Yes, today I saw penguins! They were spotted on an iceberg off in the distance. They looked like small black dots on the ice, but the use of binoculars confirmed that they were indeed penguins.…
Actually, the trawl was mainly full of rocks, but useless rocks. The rocks are useless for geophysics research, but the mate, John, used a rock saw to make beautiful pieces of art with them.
I…
As I walked into the dry lab this morning everybody was talking about all the icebergs they saw earlier that morning. I looked out of the porthole and there were 3 of them floating on the horizon.…
I was sent to the Ice Tower today at 1400, don't worry I was not in trouble. I was just doing my 1-hour marine mammal watch because the ship was running seismic data. I did not observe any marine…
I had to get up a little earlier this morning for Marine Mammal Training. Jenny trained about 15 of us to be marine mammal observers. When the boat is collecting seismic information a person is…
NOT! The trawl was actually extremely full! I could not believe my eyes this morning when I went into the dry lab and saw the numerous bins full of corals.
The trawl had just come into the boat…
