Royhon Agostine – USCGC Healy
I will be flying up to Dutch Harbor on August 22 and flying back on September 17; I will be an intern aboard the first cruise which is a biological mission involving CTD casts. The USCGC Healy will be the largest ship I have worked on, https://www.uscg.mil/pacarea/cgcHealy/. I am looking forward to heading North and am excited to gain as much experience and knowledge as I can. I have been all around Alaska for the commercial fishing industry, from Bristol Bay and False Pass to Southeast and everywhere in between. However, this will be much farther North than I have ever been.
I have packed my gear and am counting down the days in anticipation. Earlier this summer I was in Bristol Bay on a 32ft boat for fifty days, I am excited to get back out on the water in a much larger ship. I am thankful for everyone involved in making this internship oppurtunity available. My next blog will describe the day to day aboard the ship.
More to come,
Royhon Agostine