Well, we are currently heading back to Lewes, Delaware after completing leg two of the Navy Multibeam/Coring cruise. As always, the science team was awesome. We had terrible weather and had to spend a night at the docks at Woods Hole but still managed to get more than enough data needed from the coring. Unfortunately our Vibracorer was too large so we were only able to use the gravity corer and the multicorer. Either way, we collected lots of mud! And worms!
Operating the A-Frame
I was very fortunate to meet family I had never met while we were docked in Woods Hole. They happened to be there for a week and my mom sent them to the boat. They showed me around and gave me information of the marine biology family history I have there. It goes back five generations.
While at Woods Hole we ran into the crew of the NOAA vessel The Bigelow and were given a tour of the ship. It’s so large and overwhelmingly confusing for your first run through. I was very intrigued and plan to look into a few jobs through NOAA once we arrive back at the dock. Just being within this community has opened a lot of doors I wouldn’t have had access to without this internship. I owe MATE a huge thanks for that!
Crew of R/V Sharp on NOAA’s Bigelow