The place to be on the ship is up in the bridge. That is the place to see all the animals. We have two different groups of scientists up there from sunrise to about nine at night. We have scientists…
The Healy made a stop at St. George and St. Paul Island this past week. Collectively, they are called the Pribilof Islands. The history of these two islands is very interesting. There is a deep…
I’m officially on the night watch, at least for now.  I wake up in time for dinner and have breakfast right before going to bed- oh boy, what will I do when I get home??  I was awake as we…
Last night I stayed up until the night shift started their day. The main reason was because I had earlier asked to be paged if another drifter would be released off the ship. Dylan Righi said he…
It was a dark and stormy day. Specks of snow dance cross heated window glass panes. Ominous clouds kiss the ocean horizon. A grey cloaked spirit skims icey water. The waves whisper, "Laysan, laysan…
Monday April 23, 2007 The ice is back so we have resumed our ice observation. Every two hours we haul ourselves up to the Bridge and write down our observations in a form. It averages about 7 times a…
Sundays tend to be a little slower paced on the ship. Breakfast has extended hours and there is even brunch from 10 am to noon. The scientists and the Coast guards take advantage of this time to…
St Paul. The other Pribilof Island. Stormy seas were forcasted. To the Coast Guard it was all about safety. To Robyn and me it was all about getting there and back. We had a presentation scheduled…
Maggie and I woke up with excitement because today we would be going onto St. Paul. We have been communicating with one of the teachers, Tonia Kushin, for quite sometime. Tonia and her students have…
Yesterday we got a special treat- a few of us were lucky enough to get off Healy for a day and visit St. George Island, one of the Pribilof Islands.  We went to visit the St. George School to…
Today was an all out adventure. Maggie and I were heading to the island of St. George for educational outreach at their school. Besides us, David Hyrenbach and Stephan Elliott worked out a plan to…
The zodiac to St. George. Right after breakfast, the team of scientists and others (us teacher kine) were directed to the helo area (where the helicopter is stored) to put on our survival suits. The…