Checking Floats

Checking Floats

Final Float Check in Lyttleton Float Engineer Greg Brusseau checks out each float before we head out Finally onboard the IBRV Araon and departing Lyttleton ; Guest Blog by UW Engineer Greg Brusseau Educators who were at the EARTH 2022 workshop in Seattle may recognize...
Loading Day

Loading Day

"We're off!" The Captain Shouted Finally onboard the IBRV Araon and departing Lyttleton ; Everything Finally Comes Together Loading Day After my final test (which I excitedly took just after midnight on Jan 4), I was ready to board the IBRV Araon. Our departure...
Getting there

Getting there

From Here to There Traveling halfway around the world to meet the ship ; Flying into the New Year After many months of waiting and preparation, I am finally on my way! It’s been a long day of travel to be sure, to get halfway around the world. I flew from our small...
11-29-2022

11-29-2022

NBP22-11: Heading Northwest Launching N’dee Bii Łog (Apache Trout) – we will post photos once we get access to better bandwidth! ; 29 November 2022 Today we’re heading northwest in the Southern Pacific towards New Zealand, our current position being about 52...
11-21-2022

11-21-2022

NBP22-11: And the weather started getting rough.... Float deployment after leaving the US Palmer Station on the Antarctic Peninsula ; 21 November 2022 Coming to you (almost) live from the Southern Ocean! We’ve been dealing with some rough seas since leaving Palmer...