Student Blogs
As part of their participation in the VISIONS '13, students in the University of Washington's Sea-going Research & Discovery Course are posting blogs about their experiences at sea.
Andrew Baird's Blog
This last week on the R/V Thompson has been indeed eventful. ...
Teos Bisbee's Blog
I have really been missing out on life being on land for so long!! ...
Charlie Parker's Blog
August 7, 2013 5:30 am At the beginning of my watch we were bringing a CTD on board and the cable snapped while bringing it out of the water. It could not have been more than a half of a meter out of the water when it broke. ...
Cody Turner's Blog
Life on the Thompson continues, and time seems to be picking up speed as we get closer to the end of the VISIONS 2013 expedition. Two nights ago ...
Brendan Philip's Blog
“The sea contains many surprises for him who has his floor on a level with the surface and drifts along slowly and noiselessly." - Thor Heyerdahl, “Kon Tiki” ...
Colin Katagiri's Blog
I have carried away many lessons and skills from this ship that aren’t normally taught in a classroom. ...
Caitlin Russell's Blog
Two days ago we got our first “storm” (it was very small) and had to wait it out to send ROPOS back down. On the other hand however, we also got some beautiful sun and a few amazing sunsets. It was incredible. ...
Ryan Cox's blog
Dive 1608 on July 21st ended before ROPOS even touched water when a kink in the ROPOS umbilical was discovered. Although the cable was still functional ...
Owen Coyle's Blog
July 13, 2013 1:00 PM - Deb Kelley asked my advisor Danny and me if we would mind processing t ...
Marisa Gedney's blog
23 July 2013 So there has been an interesting topic of conversation going around the past couple of days. And that ...
Claire Knox's Blog
I arrived at the library early last night to quietly practice my poems before Poetry Night. However ...
Julie Ann Koehlinger's Blog
I didn’t sleep well last night. My alarm was malfunctioning and I needed to be up for my 4 am watch. After a fitful few hours of sleep, I woke up at 3:30 in a bad mood. A multibeam sonar analysis ...
Julie Nelson's Blog
July 16, 2013 I have just spent 2 weeks at sea with VISIONS’13. I have about 3 weeks left in this journey. I had n ...
J. Ryan Rembert's Blog
26 July 2013 This story begins more than two years ago, on June 19, 2011. ...
Adrian Rembold's Blog
This morning I awoke to discover that earlier there was another whale spotting, though this time ...
Fredrik Ryden's blog
Sitting in the ROV control room is quite a different experience compared to watching the live stream from home. This is mainly because you are also hearing all the discussion, as well as the constant ongoing problem solving ...
Isaac Stockdale's blog
Leg 3 of the VISIONS’13 expedition is underway, and, despite a few initial setbacks, we are now chugging along nicely, both in the literal sense (we steamed out to the Axial Seamount today) and in the more abstract sense: there is now a ...
Montgomery Taylor's blog
Today I worked primarily on my hydrothermal vent project. It’s been fun putting together some of the incredible images and video of vents and biota we’ve obtained through these cruises ...
Judy Twedt's Blog
Student’s primary responsibilities on this expedition are to design and complete a project while we’re on the ship ...
Trevor Uptain's Blog
At any given moment during a dive mission, the remotely operated vehicle (ROV) control room on the R/V Thompson can be populated by ten or more people. With the lights turned low, ...
