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Today I spent a day of my Spring Break commuting down to the University of Washington in Seattle so that I could meet with Ben Fitzhugh and Jody Bourgeois to discuss plans for the summer and to attend the weekly Kuril Biocomplexity Project (KBP) Seminar. Hans Nesse and Eli Gurarie, graduate students

Today was my first time getting to officially work with a team of scientists. I was working with the team my roommate, Nancy Kachel, belongs to from the NOAA-PMEL unit. Her husband, David Kachel, is also part of the team during the midnight to noon shift. So I got up this morning and joined her for

Being a scientist requires you to have top-level problem solving and analyzing skills. The scientific team from the National Marine Mammal Laboratory (NMML) is a great example of this skill in practice. Michael Cameron led a team of six skilled seal experts through a practice run of a seal launch

Dr. Ray Sambrotto wears many hats on this mission. Ray Sambrotto is the PI (principal investigator) for this expedition. His job, besides doing investigations in the lab, is to coordinate the entire BEST mission. He has to meet daily with the Coast Guard Officers, check accountability and

Wind speed 5.4 mph Air Temperature -23.2 C -9.8 F -22.6 F Latitude 73-11.439N Longitude 146-41.908W Today, as part of the education that is continuing during the ice camp, a group of graduate students and post docs (11) set off with Jackie Richter-Menge, one of the principal investigators (lead

I had to share my morning with you. I woke up to a beautiful rising sun. It was completely breathtaking, right? I went to breakfast and then spent some time returning emails. As the day got brighter, I made my way up to the bridge to join the bird watchers. This group includes Liz Labunski and Kathy

Yesterday (4/10/07) was our first day out of port- we steamed away at 12:30pm and headed for our first station, which was only a few hours outside of Dutch Harbor. It was exciting to be heading away from the port, but also unsettling to know we won't be on land again for a month. Outside of the

One bird that we expect to find up here in the western part of the Bering Sea is the Laysan Albatross. This is one beautiful bird, large creamy white, and so elegant! It breeds in the Hawaiian Islands, mostly in the isolated Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI). My students have a great connection

Yesterday I boarded the ship. It's a big ship. And I'm learning. I learned that many hands make light work. Ned Cokelet, one of the NOAA oceanographers, volunteered to haul us to the boat. The gear of six scientists and two teachers is voluminous. It filled up the pick-up box of a good-sized truck

The morning went well and I actually woke up without an alarm in time for breakfast. After some cereal and some hot tea, it was off to a brainstorming session with David Hyrenbach, a seabird specialist, and fellow PolarTREC and NOAA Teacher-at-Sea, Maggie Prevenas. We laid out our plan of action and