2024 Pacific Transit
GO-BGC is teaming up with Lindblad Expeditions to deploy floats from their cruise ship, the National Geographic Resolution.
GO-BGC is teaming up with Lindblad Expeditions to deploy floats from their cruise ship, the National Geographic Resolution. This is our first time partnering with their Visiting Scientists Program! A total of 12 floats will be deployed as the ship crosses the Pacific. Our scientist will be the only passenger onboard as the ship repositions before its austral summer season in Antarctica. The floats are loading in Iceland and will ride the ship through the Northwest Passage and then around Japan. Floats will be deployed on the ship’s repositioning cruise from Kobe, Japan to Puerto Montt, Chile from late September to late October, 2024. Seawater samples will be collected and analyzed back on land to help verify the floats.
Loading and Outreach: Melissa Miller
Float Check-out and Outreach: Andrew Meyer
Ship Rider and Outreach: Isa Rosso
2024 Lindblad Transit Expedition Logs
Big News
Thingamajig Makes an Unbelievable Comeback!Big News: Thingamajig Makes an Unbelievable Comeback! Remember Float #22365, nicknamed Thingamajig, deployed just before our brief stop in Tahiti (see the blog post here)? Initially declared non-operational due to a failed...
Cyance
Our last float, Cyance, was deployed around 41° S, 80° W.October 25, 2024 These last couple of days have been very busy. The last float deployments were very close to each other and somehow, I didn’t sleep much. Today, October 25, marked the last of the deployments in...
Chesty’s Yacht
The National Geographic Resolution Olympics celebrations continued with live music and dancing, and we deployed Chesty's Yacht October 25, 2024 On October 22, almost at the end of the repositioning voyage, we started the night with a special dinner in the mess on Deck...
Bruss Bus
Bruss Bus, a float adopted by Monte Vista High School, was deployed into the shimmering waters October 24, 2024 Sometimes, the weather can be so peaceful. The ocean—at times a mighty force that makes me feel like a tiny insect—had taken on a calm stillness. On October...
Sunshine
Our last days at sea and the deployment of Sunshine, which wasadopted by students from Davis Road Middle School in Cary, NC October 23, 2024 The last days at sea are always a bittersweet blend of emotions. As I look forward to my travels continuing in Chile,...
Japan Float
Lindblad Two, which was adopted and decorated by passengers during their voyage around Japan back in September, was deployedOctober 18, 2024 Another float successfully deployed! With only four more to go in the next eight days, it’s going to be a busy time for the...
Iceland Float
The Olympics finals and the deployment of the Lindblad One float, which was adopted by passengers in IcelandOctober 17, 2024 As we approach the end of the voyage with just about 10 days left, there's still a lot to do. We have many floats to deploy and the ship’s...
Papeete, Tahiti
We deployed Thingamajig, and had a brief stop in Papeete, TahitiOctober 14, 2024 We just had a brief stop in Papeete, Tahiti, which gave us a nice chance to walk on solid ground after these first two weeks at sea. I took the chance to go to Plage Lafayette—one of...
Neptune’s Court
Fulfilling Neptune's requirements to cross the Equator, plus deploying the New Millennium Academy RHINO-floatOctober 12, 2024 So, I just completed my first equator crossing aboard the ship, and it was wildly fun! It all started with a group of us “pollywogs” (those...
Resolution Olympics
The National Geographic Resolution Olympics get underway, and the NG Resolution No 1 float is deployed.October 9, 2024 The National Geographic Resolution’s Olympic games have started! Basketball, ping pong, pool table, paper airplanes, darts, Mortal Combat,...
Oligo
Oligo - adopted by the Sydney Distance Education High School in acknowledgement of the OligoceneOctober 7, 2024 The first 10 days have already gone.. They went so fast! And they were all beautiful, with mesmerizing sunsets and rainbows that have blessed us. My time...
BCHS Prawn
Launching the BCHS Prawn float, adopted by the Ballina Coast High School (NSW, Australia)September 30, 2024 Greetings from the beautiful National Geographic Resolution! I’m on the repositioning voyage from Kobe (Japan), which we left just 3 days ago (September 27 at...