Post Cruise Update: With Erin Sharpe
Post Cruise Thoughts. I have caught the oceanography bug, and I look forward to my social media updates on Human Occupied Vehicle Alvin, the Research Vessel Atlantis, and many others. … Read More
Erin M. Tharp
PUFINS: Weather at Sea
Summertime in Northeast United States, warm weather, pop up thunderstorms, humidity, and a bright sun, right? Well those terms for June are pretty accurate for the beach towns all along … Read More
Water Sampling with a CTD
Conductivity Temperature Depth _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ C, T, and D, rosette, Niskin bottles: I needed a vocabulary lesson before I could write about the large device the team has been putting into … Read More
Water Sampling with McLane Pumps
McLane Pump If you’re like me you’re wondering how our research team samples the ocean at various depths? For this trip we have 2 techniques, the CTD, more information coming … Read More
How do you like your mud?
We have had a lot of success collecting mud; what do we do next? Multicores take much smaller, … Read More
R/V Atlantis data collection
What data does the Research Vessel Atlantis collect while at sea? While teams like our PUFINS crew rent out the ship for research at sea, Woods Holes Oceanographic Institute with … Read More
Where to Start: Preparing to be an Educator On-Board
Pre-Cruise Preparation My countdown is 13 days before I start my drive to Woods Holes Oceanographic Institute, WHOI, I find myself feeling challenged, but excited. Where do I start? … Read More