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
Land of Fire and Ice
The Science Hub on board the National Geographic ResolutionI recently traveled to Iceland to oversee the loading and logistics for the 12 floats onboard the cruise ship National Geographic Resolution. Everything went smoothly and the floats will ride the ship through...
Lindblad Introduction
Getting everything ready for the repositioning transitLindblad 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 deployed in the Pacific Ocean in mid-October, so...