Questions

Questions

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...
Safety First!

Safety First!

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...
Introduction

Introduction

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...
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...
11-14-2022

11-14-2022

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...