My first week here in Bermuda is already coming to an end. I arrived at BIOS Monday afternoon after a overnight flight. BIOS is home to the Bermuda Atlantic Time-Series Study (BATS) where they use the R/V Atlantic Explorer to collect oceanographic data every month.
Pictured below is the R/V Atlantic Explorer at sunset. The weather has been windy but otherwise pretty nice.
I spent most of the week getting acquainted with the boat and the marine tech world. I was assigned little projects and reading to get me up to speed with some of the technology and equipment that I am unfamiliar with. It is exciting to be learning new skills that will benefit my career in the long term!
One of the little projects I am working on is simplifing and organinzing the ship’s media storage which meant opening hard drive cases and moving files between the different hard drives.
I am excited to continue learning new aspects of this exciting career and getting to go out to sea in a week!