Hi all,
This week was full of transiting back to WHOI. I finished up my 10pm – 2am ice watches, which was nice because I got to go back to a regular schedule. In the morning, around 0700ish , the bridge spotted a LARGE ice berg that was miles away. I was asleep at this point so I didn’t see it, but I saw pictures from the crew.
On August 21, we were near Halifax, Nova Scotia and scientists predicted about ~40% complete eclipse at that location. The best time to view the solar eclipse was at 3:55pm. The morning was foggy, but thankfully throughout the day it cleared up and it turned out to be a beautiful day and an even better day to see the solar eclipse! Around 3:45pm I went up the bridge to take a peak, and one of the scientists had special eclipse glasses so I could clearly see the partial eclipse! Later that night the sky was still clear and it was perfect for stargazing. I saw the Milky Way, the Big Dipper, stars that may have been planets, satellites, shooting stars, and so much more. It was a nice clear and not too cold night.
We finally finished installing the incubator pump and it works and the area looks great!
Because we had time during the transit, Joe and I started some end of cruise tasks like prepping our data disc that we give to the science party and starting our SSSG cruise report.
Fun fact – my internship has been extended to include a short 2 day cruise over Labor Day Weekend! Since that doesn’t depart until 2 September, I’m going to be working in port next week prepping for the cruise and doing some other SSSG tasks.
We docked yesterday but we didn’t start doing the majority of the demobing until today. Because we had some down time yesterday Joe showed me around the R/V Atlantis. The Atlantis, for those of you who do not know, is the sister ship to the University of Washington’s R/V Thomas G. Thompson, and it’s home to HOV Alvin! I got to see Alvin! My oceanography dreams are coming true!
Posing with the R/V Armstrong, while on the R/V Atlantis! Photo credit: Joe McCabe, WHOI.
~Lauren