All is well aboard the R/V Atlantis. Fair seas and favorable launching conditions greeted us this morning, so the first launch of ALVIN took place. It is crazy to be involved with the launch of ALVIN and to help vent scientists with their objectives. What an incredible privilege to do a day of work with an incredible team of engineers and then go eat some lunch with brilliant biologists, geologists, physicists, and chemists in the middle of the ocean! C’est la vie for a MATE intern.
