by George Matsumoto | Jul 3, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Hello from Leg 2 Back at work as we launch the first GO-BGC float of Leg 2 ; 20 Jun 2022 Today our watchstanders Alyssa and Turner deployed Mysterious Blue, the BGC float adopted by the Tuskawilla Middle School from Seminole County, Florida. Mysterious...
by George Matsumoto | Jun 4, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Food A common conversation topic ; 4 Jun 2022 And now, I bring to you, some people’s favorite topic… food! Funny thing is that at mealtimes, half of the conversations we end up having revolve around food, haha! Some days we measure time by when...
by George Matsumoto | May 28, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Marvin Gomez Ordinary Seaman who is anything but ordinary ; 28 May 2022 First let’s get the boring stuff out of the way for all the non-nautical types out there: what is an OS (Ordinary Seaman)? Basically it’s the entry level position in the deck...
by George Matsumoto | May 24, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Radio Jargon Sophie Shapiro shares the mystery of radio jargon aboard the R/V Roger Revelle ; 24 May 2022 Here’s Sophie Shapiro, reporting on radio jargon! While on the ship, we often need to talk to crew mates from opposite ends of the ship. To do...
by George Matsumoto | May 24, 2022 | North Pacific 2022
GO-SHIP P02: Águila dorada Deploying the float mascot of El Dorado Elementary School ; 24 May 2022 Halfway through our journey, today (May 24th, day 25@sea out of 42 days in total) we deployed our 8th GO-BGC float, Águila dorada. Águila dorada was adopted by grades...