Student Blogs VISIONS15
Sunday, July 05, 2015
During the VISIONS15 expedition, 19 undergraduate students from the University of Washington, Grays Harbor College, and Western Washington University will participate in at-sea activities. For many, this will be there first time at sea and a life changing experience. Below, give voice to their time at sea.
Katie Bigham's Blog
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
I’ve spent the last few days pretty much wrapped up in helping with the processing of past dive videos. This is an amazingly, extremely, and incredibly time-consuming task. ...
Lauren Kowalski's Blog
Sunday, August 02, 2015
My sense of time is completely skewed aboard this vessel. Because operations are 24 hours everyday of the week, there is no distinction between days of the week. ...
Erin Haphey's Blog
Thursday, August 06, 2015
The most incredible thing happened on the 5th, right after dinner. I went outside to read Jurassic Park on the bow. It was cloudy and rather dull, but not very cold. ...
Erica Sampaga's Blog
Tuesday, August 04, 2015
My watch started mid-ROPOS dive, so figuring out what was going on took some time and orientation. ...
Malea Saul's Blog
Saturday, August 01, 2015
In the past twenty-four hours I feel like I have been incredibly productive, probably the most productive I have been in a single day on this ship. I worked from late on the 31st ...
Cole Rogers' Blog
Monday, August 03, 2015
We were on a weather hold again today when I woke up for my watch, which persisted into the afternoon. ROPOS was going to be deploying a BEP and recovering an old one. ...
Kearstin Williams' Blog
Sunday, August 02, 2015
I feel like I haven’t tried to shake it up in a while with any poems, haikus, or other types of writing, so today I’m going to try and write as if this blog post was a postcard. ...
Krista Nunnelly's Blog
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Everything seems to be moving extremely slow today. It's like the ship itself is holding its' breath while we approach the Axial site ...
Alex Jamshedi's Blog
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
The past two days have been hectic for the APL engineers. A deep profiler was sent out the morning of the 27th. As usual ROPOS was sent down to the seafloor ...
Khadijah Homolka's Blog
Sunday, July 26, 2015
I am very excited to be on watch during a live dive and see the live feed that ROPOS will be streaming. ROPOS is such an amazing piece of technology, and I feel very privileged to be able to log ROPOS dives as the vehicle descends... ...
Jessie Hild's Blog
Saturday, July 18, 2015
We ran two CTDS this morning and all the students helped to collect samples because there was a lot of them. After we hosed off the CTD and rigged it back up, I went into the lab and helped Brendan analyze pH samples. He is a great resource and ...
Jessica Noe's Blog
Thursday, July 30, 2015
Thank you. Thank you to everyone. Thank you for gifting me the adventure of a lifetime, thank you for sharing your stories and helping me build some of my own. ...
Joe Kalisch's Blog
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
A Thank You- I am not sure if most people are aware of my situation and I would like to take this time to talk about it and how I got to be a part of this research trip. ...
Quae Atwood's Blog
Monday, July 27, 2015
Last night we began transit to the base of Axial Seamount, the volcano which we are studying and deploying instrumentation on during this expedition. The trip took about 18 hours, most of which I spent asleep ...
Tracie Barry's Blog
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
I can see the coast of Newport off in the distance. The view of the magnificent rocky coastline shrouded in marine fog and gleaming in the sunlight is shrouded by the feeling of loss that reaching shore means. ...
Juliana Pesvento's Blog
Monday, July 27, 2015
Gems are seen as the epitome of beauty. There is nothing to compare to the luster and shine of a well-cut stone. The refraction of the light mesmerizes through its rotating shafts at every curve and crevice. ...
Jesse Turner's Blog
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Day four out here at sea! It feels good to get back in the swing of ship life, with ridiculous amounts of food and hard-working scientists and engineers who say they sleep sometimes, but I often doubt it. ...
Diana Park's Blog
Saturday, July 18, 2015
There are many interesting student projects on Leg 1- research and making biology catalogue, outreach videos, and a children’s book. I’m going to make a video about the relationship between hydrothermal vents and astrobiology. ...
