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June 18, 2013
Did you miss us? Yesterday was a very cool day. I woke up at 4am to the sound of the ship slowing to a halt with 2 hours to spare at the point where we were due to pick up the pilot who would bring us in to port in Jamaica. And
June 16, 2013
Today is our transit day to Jamaica and last night our clocks went back to put us on Jamaica time (which, bizarrely, is East of Cayman but on the same time zone as Chicago). But I won’t complain because – ah, bliss! –
June 15, 2013
Like all good things, Leg 1 of our expedition must come to an end. But fear not, as Winston Churchill once said: this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. It is merely the end of th
June 15, 2013
Today’s out last day with the AUV and we have a cunning plan to end our exploration days with. Up at 3:15 to watch the 4:00 am launch. 03h30: Call to Bridge to confirm 30 minute &ld
June 14, 2013
When I was little, I remember spending hours listening to my Grandad’s tales of life on the ocean when he was a young man. I never for a moment thought that I would ever head out to sea. Indeed, I remember by the age of ten or twelv
June 12, 2013
Suddenly, the whole ship seems to have its groove on and science is really clicking. By deciding to focus on our shallowest site, we are stepping up the pace to dive every day, starting at 04h00, and staying out as long as we’r
June 11, 2013
Another good day today. I was up at 5am to join in with a CTD cast designed to land right over the hottest chimneys that we had mapped out at the Piccard hydrothermal field in 2012: at the Beebe Vents mound. To avoid unnecessary wear and
June 10, 2013
It has been a long haul but today was a very good day. Up just after 3am to make sure that all was well with the preparations for launch at 04h00 (the ship’s preferred hour for starting all AUV dives)
June 09, 2013
Hello there. Did you miss me? I’m afraid I have been feeling rather disoriented. Last night (or was it the night before) I was having a weird dream - I had got up in the middle of the night for a Nereus launch butScience Projects
Hydrothermal Ex ...
Throughout June of 2013, Schmidt Ocean Institute’s res ...
Imaging the K-T ...
In March of 2013, R/V Falkor will be working in the southern ...
Coral Resilienc ...
Dr. Daniel Barshis is leading a research project on the reef ...
RV Falkor 2012 ...
The Schmidt Ocean Institute research vessel Falkor begins a p ...
