Research Cruise on the Knorr
Well, I finally went on an oceanography research cruise for my work. The Cruise was roughly 3 weeks at sea, aboard Woods Hole’s research ship Knorr. We started in Panama City, steamed for a couple of days to the Costa Rica Upwelling Dome off the coast of Costa Rica. We steamed in circles for a couple of weeks, stopping frequently to sample and process water. We worked hard. Gabrielle, Nathan and I represented the Rocap lab, but there were lots of other people, I think we had 28 scientists, and 20 or so crew on board. It was a ton of work, but a great experience, and I made some great new friends. We ended the trip in the Galapagos. As you can imagine, I took a lot of pictures.
I’ll try to update this space with the amazing story of my return to civilization carrying an 86 lb metal thermos filled with -198 celcius (-320 F) samples in suspicious little tubes.
