Captain Beaver’s Shining Star

SOLO float 4010 will forever roam the ocean under its new name “Captain Beaver’s Shining Star.”
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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 to study methane seeps. But I did leave three more GO-BGC floats on the ship and the SSSGs and members of the science party will be deploying them in the coming weeks.

SOLO float 4010 will forever roam the ocean under its new name “Captain Beaver’s Shining Star.” It was adopted by Mrs. Sloat’s third grade class at Sadler Arts Academy in Muskogee, Oklahoma. You may remember that the second mate aboard R/V Atlantis is named Kenny Beaver and this float is indeed named after him. One evening while visiting the bridge, I mentioned the adopt-a-float program to him and he asked for more information to send along to a teacher friend whose class he’s met with and answered questions for. Within a few days, the request was in! The kids are clearly big fans of his, declaring that they named the float after their favorite “captain of the seas.” Luckily I was still onboard to decorate the box and get this adorable photo of Kenny hugging his namesake.

Second mate Kenny Beaver with his namesake float, onboard R/V Atlantis.

Second mate Kenny Beaver with his namesake float, onboard R/V Atlantis.

Captain Beaver’s Shining Star was deployed on May 25 (Alaska time) and you, along with Mrs. Sloat’s class, can track its progress and look at all the cool data it’s collecting in near real-time!