by Jennifer Magnusson | Sep 30, 2024 | Pacific 2024
Arrival in Honolulu and Heading Out Our intrepid float deployer Cora arrives solo in Honolulu to board the R/V Thompson ; Hello Argo enthusiasts! My name is Cora Hersh, and I’m a graduate student in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Jul 30, 2024 | Lindblad 2024
Lindblad Resolution Iceland Expedition Getting everything ready for the repositioning transit ; Lindblad Expedition passengers aboard the National Geographic Resolution adopted one of the 12 floats we’ll deploy from the cruise ship this fall. The float will be...
by Jennifer Magnusson | May 26, 2024 | East Pacific 2024
Captain Beaver’s Shining Star SOLO float 4010 will forever roam the ocean under its new name “Captain Beaver’s Shining Star.” ; I’m no longer aboard R/V Atlantis. Instead, a full science party is working along the Aleutian Islands, taking Alvin dives to the seafloor...
by Jennifer Magnusson | May 26, 2024 | East Pacific 2024
Deploying Drifters On the last night of the transit, Melissa stayed up late to deploy 10 drifters from the Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at Scripps. ; On the last night of the transit, I stayed up late to deploy 10 drifters from the Lagrangian Drifter Laboratory at...
by Jennifer Magnusson | May 9, 2024 | East Pacific 2024
Game Nights We’ve all got a lot of work to do, but with 24 hours a day, we need some time to unwind too. ; I had no idea what it would be like to come onboard a ship where I don’t know anyone, it has probably been 10 or more years since that was the case! On top of...
