Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 08/16/2010 - 11:09

Bill, I am a neighbor of Sarah Ashworth, one of the marine mammal observers who was sent over to the St. Laurent. Anyway, I have really enjoyed your blogs. They are all very informative and I am getting a feel for what is being done on the two ships. Your school and students are lucky to have you for a teacher.

Joel Anderson

Bill Schmoker

Hi Joel- thanks for the note, and for the encouragement!It is great having Sarah on the team, and I have really enjoyed talking to her about her experiences in lots of interesting places doing various fisheries and marine mammal observing jobs.
We're been missing her on the Healy for a while- she flew over to the Louis S. St. Laurent about a week ago. When the Louis is operating in US waters they are required to have US marine mammal observers on board and so Sarah and Kwasi went over to fill that role. I will be very interested to hear about Sarah's experiences on the Louis!
Best- Bill