This is my second week on the ship! So far I have …
- Participated in decktests where you prepare the robot to start a dive.
- Participated in post processing of data from the dive.
- Created a MATLAB plot of the servos.
- Worked with a trigger board.
- Helped fix a RAID.
- Looked at a lot of logs generated from crontab, and helped fix issues from those logs.
- Decorated sentry with electrical tape to look like a kracken.
- Shrunk cups on Jason.
- Saw whales, rattails, spider crabs, dolphins, seals, hydrothermal vent worms and lots of other animals.
- Learned how to navigate by the stars and use a sextant with the 3rd mate (Grace).
- Learned all about batheymetry mapping software from Dave from Mbari.
- and made a lot of friends.
The work days are pretty long here, usually starting work at 8:00 and working until midnight, my watch shift was (18:00 – 24:00). But the food is buffet style and there are plenty of choices of drinks and snacks.