We arrived in San Diego early Saturday morning, and its been a whirlwind of warm welcomes and poignant goodbyes – after what all of us agree was an experience of a lifetime. Sharing some finalContinue reading
Author: Emily Klein
The Bridge
The bridge is an open, well-lit and quiet space with a 360-degree view from on high. It is the command center of the ship, and it is manned 24 hours a day while we areContinue reading
Bonus Science!
We had anticipated that it would take sixty dredges to sample the nine ridge segments within our ~200 mile-long study area – and indeed, that is the exact number of dredges we did! And toContinue reading
Our Logo!
As Iker was scrolling through NOAA’s Twitter feed, he realized: we have no logo! With his creative energies beginning to flow, he looked at our bathymetric survey grid and realized that the overall shapeContinue reading
The scientific nerve center
At the forward end of the main lab is an intimidating array of seventeen screens with a chair at which the scientist on watch sits – and watches. If all is well, nothing much happens. Continue reading
The Engine Room
Obviously, the engine room houses the engines that run the ship and emit the constant (and reassuring) hum we hear everywhere onboard, inside and out. In fact, it’s a bit of a misnomer to callContinue reading
1876 report of grappling a basalt in the Atlantic
Joe Cann provided the following article, published in 1876, which may be the first scientific report of the recovery of a mid-ocean ridge basalt. Almost 150 years later, we are still collecting them (this time inContinue reading
Dredging (Part 2): The People
On May 6 we posted a description of the various equipment involved in dredging. In this post, we describe the roles of the 8 or so people needed to safely and efficiently dredge the oceanContinue reading
Sympathy Strike
Josh is a member of the University Professional and Technical Employees (UPTE) Union and today they are participating in a sympathy strike in support of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME). Continue reading
Collecting Rocks (Dredging, Part 1)
From one perspective, dredging the ocean floor for rocks is a rudimentary undertaking – blindly dragging a rugged basket on the ocean floor to try to scoop up rocks. But in fact, dredging involves aContinue reading