by Jennifer Magnusson | Jan 3, 2023 | Southern Ocean 2023
More Questions Than Answers Preparing for the IBRV Araon Expedition ; You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know After learning that I would be going on this expedition back in July, I tried to learn everything I could about life onboard the IBRV Araon. What I found was that...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Dec 26, 2022 | Southern Ocean 2023
Safety First! Safety at sea is an important topic that eveyone onboard must learn about ; We’re all in this together Required Learning for Everyone As part of the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Dec 12, 2022 | Southern Ocean 2023
Welcome to the SOLOMON Expedition! Introducing Jennifer Magnusson, who will be blogging for the expedition ; How did I get here? Nice to Meet You! My name is Jennifer Magnusson and I am excited to be sharing this expedition experience with you! I will be spending 44...
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...
by Jennifer Magnusson | Nov 16, 2022 | SOCCOM Southern Ocean 2022
NBP22-11: Deployments in the Drake Passage Details from the first three floats deployed in the Drake Passage ; 14 November 2022 Hi everyone! What a crazy busy last few days it’s been. The NBP is currently docked at Palmer Station after waiting to dock for almost two...