Author: Bailey Armos

Wow. What a crazy week. I got involved in a large project to trace cables throughout the ship to have a better understanding of what sensors and antennas on the mast are attached to on the bridge and in the tech lab. For part of that task, I was able to climb up the mast and got an amazing view. I also helped with preparing for the upcoming cruise (that ended up being canceled) and wrote a program in CRBasic for a Campbell Scientific Datalogger. The weather finally cleared up and we got some nice sunrises. I also got a small boat tour of Bermuda by one of the Marine Techs. By the end of the week I found out that I would have to leave my internship early due to COVID-19 precautions. I will be leaving in two days. I am very thankful for this opportunity even if it was cut short. I hope I get to come back and finsh my internship if possible later in the year.

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!

Hi everyone! My name is Bailey Armos and I will be the MATE intern onboard the R/V Atlantic Explorer based at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences. I am from an island in the Puget Sound north of Seattle and recently received my bachelors degree in Oceanography from the University of Washington. I was part of the Ocean Technology program where I became familiar with ocean sensors and got to build and design my own. I have always enjoyed being on the water and I just got my open water scuba certification. 

In October 2019, I had the privilege of being a scientist aboard the R/V Kilo Moana where I fell in love with working on research vessels and decided to pursue a career in marine technology.

Above is me after taking a phytoplankton net tow as part of my senior thesis research off the coast of Mexico in the core of one of the world’s three oxygen deficient zones.

I am very excited to spend 7 weeks on the R/V Atlantic Explorer starting in March and get a break from the constant rain and clouds in the Pacific Northwest. I will be posting weekly blogs about my internship, so please follow along!