Today has been quite intense with getting our second IPY Live event done and getting ready for our visits to the Pribilofs Island. We will be going to St. George on Friday and St. Paul Island on…
So there I was just working on my journal entry when a phone call came through into the science conference room. Dr. Michael Cameron, Ice Seal Team leader, was on the line. "We are going to try and…
I posted some zooplankton a little while back, and I thought I’d post some more, just because they are so neat to look at!! All of these were pulled up in the net tows that the zooplankton group…
When it gets really quiet on the ship a small ping or chirp can be heard. I was on a mission to figure out where that sound was coming from. I could think of no better person from the science party…
Today started out like any ordinary day, I woke up and went to breakfast.
Going to breakfast does of course involve going down two sets of stairs and down to the mess hall. I decided on some cereal…
We hit very thick ice last night. That is exactly what the scientists were waiting for. So the ship just tucked up into the ice, let down a metal ramp, and down we went.
Bow Down
The scientists…
Hi all- phew, it was a long weekend and I had to recover from it before writing another journal entry. We had a very busy sampling weekend- three coring stations in a row!! You may be asking…
Before I started this adventure onboard the Healy, we were told about the opportunity to run a deep-sea pressure experiment with our students. All that was needed was a Styrofoam object decorated…
You worry about your budget, but do you ever think about the isotopic budget in the Bering Sea? I know that budget has crossed the mind of most of the scientists on board and especially two post-…
I am sure that you know that there are many different scientists on board, all researching pieces of the Bering Sea ecosystem puzzle. Recently, some of the scientists started talking with each other…
Weaving Baskets
Weaving baleen baskets is a rare skill. Very few people know how to do it.
Lee Harris, Inupiat Eskimo has a skill that is very rare. Lee weaves baleen baskets. He didn’t start out…
Summary for April 16-April 21
It’s hard to believe another week has passed. There have been so many exciting projects, and unexpected problems. I am in awe of the creativity and the toughness of the…
