Hello everyone!
This is my first post out at sea from the Nautilus. For the past week we transited from Galveston Texas to the Cayman Islands. At the Caymans, the Jason learning students, or Argonauts hopped off after being with us for the whole transit, and a few more scientists and engineers joined on. After that we spent another day transiting and today we reached the dive site.
During the transit me and the other ROV Pilots worked to make sure everything was ready and the ROV shop was in order! It was very busy but by this morning we were set to dive and I couldn’t wait to get behind the controls for Argus. Around 10:3- the ROVs were in the water and currently they are still descending. I really hope we see some awesome stuff, especially some great biology at the hydrothermal vents. However, right now the view is of blue water.
As for how I feel about living out at sea, I love it! I haven’t had any issues with sea sickness and it has been smooth sailing aside from one day where we went around the outskirts of that storm system. This internship has been an incredible experience so far and it’s only going to get better!
Talk to you all again soon!!