by George Matsumoto | Jan 10, 2023 | Southern Ocean 2023
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...
by George Matsumoto | Jan 6, 2023 | Southern Ocean 2023
"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...
by George Matsumoto | Jan 5, 2023 | Southern Ocean 2023
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...
by George Matsumoto | Dec 1, 2022 | SOCCOM Southern Ocean 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...
by George Matsumoto | Nov 21, 2022 | SOCCOM Southern Ocean 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...