Blogs
Monitoring heat output at ASHES
Thursday, August 02, 2018
Over twenty years ago, I was invited to join a team of geologists, acousticians (physicists who study sound), and engineers and help develop instrumentation that can measure the heat content in hot springs on underwater volcanoes. To a geologist ...
A Shifting Perspective
Wednesday, August 01, 2018
"Once we're on station we'll dive to unplug and recover the mooring. We won’t need the winch or crane until they start the deck ops" The confidence with which I said that ...
Research Cruise? Me?
Monday, July 30, 2018
Imagine you sign up for a research cruise, your first... what should you expect? I was 53 when I got this opportunity; more likely you will be in your late teens or early twenties. ...
Scooping Up Zooplankton Fr
Friday, July 27, 2018
This is my second time sailing with the OOI Cabled Array team from UW APL and the School of Oceanography, with a mission to scoop up some zooplankton from the ocean. ...
Farther and Deeper We Go
Monday, July 23, 2018
Leg 4 has gotten off to a good start. The R/V Revelle left Newport the evening of July 20th for the last time this cruise. The primary goal of this last leg is to repair or replace the three ...
Evan Davis's Blogs Leg 4
Friday, July 20, 2018
The afternoon was spent transiting back to Slope Base which was going to take 18 hours to do ...
Jasmine Durant's Blogs Leg
Friday, July 20, 2018
The dive was mostly complete. 2600 meters of ascent to 100 meters and then a beacon removal from a deep profiler float was done. ...
Eve Hudson's Blogs Leg 4
Friday, July 20, 2018
will work on editing and organizing videos some more as well as cleaning my room and getting ready to depart. Packing up feels strange. Though I have only been here for 6 weeks, it has felt like much, much longer. ...
Katie Gonzalez's Blogs Leg
Friday, July 20, 2018
Even though we didn’t get to go to El Guapo, I experienced something EXTREMELY AMAZING! Korey let me maneuver JASON’s starboard manipulator. ...
Yash Meghare's Blogs Leg 4
Friday, July 20, 2018
The dive involved recovering THSPH and taking some temperatures of vent flows. ...
Student Blogs VISIONS18 Le
Friday, July 20, 2018
During the UW-NSF-OOI VISIONS'18 Cabled Array expedition, 23 undergraduate and graduate students from across the US and globe will participate in at-sea activities. For many, this will be their first time at sea. Below, they share their expe ...
Leg 3 Short but Sweet and
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
The goals to be accomplished during the annual Cabled Array maintenance cruises are based primarily on the required refurbishment schedules for the various components of the CA infrastructure. ...
Port Call and Leg 3 Begins
Sunday, July 15, 2018
The arrival of the RV Revelle at the NOAA dock in Newport shortly after noon local time on July 11th signaled the beginning of the intricate dance of offloading equipment recovered during Leg 2 ...
Eve Hudson's Blogs Leg 3
Sunday, July 15, 2018
Today’s deployment was of the EOM cable with its anchor and two cages with plug-ins to connect other equipment to. ...
Katie Gonzalez's Blogs Leg
Sunday, July 15, 2018
The morning started with our arrival in Newport. It was very foggy and gave an eerie feeling as we pulled closer to the jetty, but once we saw land it was beautiful. ...
Ashley Lobao's Blogs Leg 3
Saturday, July 14, 2018
The mechanical leg and the platform of the two-legged mooring was successfully installed today. This meant that Jason is allowed to install the two science packages onto the platform. ...
Matthew Munson's Blogs Leg
Saturday, July 14, 2018
I’ve really enjoyed the opportunities we’ve had to work on deck this leg; using the equipment gives a much better understanding of the theory we learn in school. ...
Spencer Nelson's Blogs Leg
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Back at the ship we ate some late dinner and watched Planet Earth. It was a great way to end a great trip. I’m hopeful I will have the opportunity to come again ...
Elizabeth Pesar's Blogs Le
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Leland, Emilio, Ashley and I helped prime the CTD. In a word, OUCH. The tops and bottoms of each individual cylinder of the CTD are secured by really strong springs. ...
Emilio Tesin's Blogs Leg 3
Saturday, July 14, 2018
Every person on the Roger Revelle were/are incredibly welcoming and often hilarious, even when I was sea-sick I still felt at home aboard the ship ...
Leland Wood's Blogs Leg 3
Saturday, July 14, 2018
he goal of this dive was to install the profiler and PIA onto the mooring platform. The PIA was first and went in without a hitch. ...
A Very Successful First Tw
Friday, July 13, 2018
The VISIONS experience changes people’s lives! It doesn’t only affect the students’ educational future, it affects their personal lives as well. ...
With Gratitude
Sunday, July 08, 2018
Tonight it is with reluctance that we leave Axial Seamount where we have been working 24/7 for the past several days. We are so very lucky to be able to do this work, funded by the National Science Foundation. ...
