Sea Surface Temperature: 43 degrees F
Depth: 46 feet
PolarConnect Event Coming Up August 4
On August 4th I will be hosting a live zoom from the Norseman II! You can tune in to learn about the…
Sea Surface Temperature: 47 F
Wave Height: 6 Feet
Storm Delay and Point Hope
When I came up to the lab this morning, almost the entire 12:00 AM-12:00 PM shift was asleep on the sofa and the boat…
Looking into the Past
Although we have learned a great deal, many things are unknown about HABs (Harmful Algal Blooms) in northern Alaska. For example, we don’t really know the history of blooms in…
Depth: 84.64 feet (25.8 meters)
Sea Surface Temperature: 48 F
Upcoming live PolarConnect event from the Chukchi Sea!
On August 4th I will be hosting a live zoom from the Norseman II! You can tune…
Water Temperature: 57 degrees Fahrenheit
Depth: 79 feet
A foggy day on DBO 2
Today we traveled eastward along our third transect line, called DBO 2. There are 6 DBO lines in Alaska. These are…
Sea surface temperature: 45.5 F
Speed over ground: 8.7 Knots
Sunshine, Water Samples, and Russia
We arrived at the start of our second transect line, known as DBO 1 North, early in the morning.…
Sea Surface Temperature: 32° F
End of Line One and Changing Plans
Two exciting sights greeted me when I came on deck at 6:00 this morning. The first was CTD crew stowing the CTD after the last…
Sea Surface Temperature: 45 F
Speed Over Ground: 8.2 Knots
Starting the science
Today we started our sampling operation. It was very exciting to get started on the science after several days of…
I awoke Thursday morning to find a much calmer ocean. We spent the day in a holding pattern off of Cape Nome, waiting for weather conditions to the south to improve. In the afternoon, we tested out…
Greetings from the Norseman II! The science party came aboard on Tuesday. Since then, everyone is hard at work setting up the equipment and the lab area.
The Norseman II is based in Homer, AK. The…
Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning (PSP) is an emerging health threat in the Bering Straits, and a big part of the research on the Norseman II. I think that it is safe to say that it will come up a lot in…
Nine days to go!
I can’t believe we will be going to sea in a little more than a week. The last few months have felt like a whirlwind as I finished up the school year and got ready for the trip. I…
