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Today was very eventful with continued DIDSON operations, small boat operations, acoustic sampling of additional areas for pilot whale echolocation activity (a.k.a. ‘clicking’), and more photo identification of short-finned pilot whales.
What a great morning to be a Marine Mammal Observer (MMO).
At 7:00 this morning on the R/V Falkor, we were feeling lucky, because we’ve entered better whale habitat as we’ve moved south.
We’ve completed the first full day of operations.
Aloha from the sea! Today we cast off, leaving Honolulu to head toward Kona.
The team has done lots of training to get ready for this cruise aboard Falkor.
Aloha everyone to day one of our cruise blog.
During the first of three student cruises, the team aboard RV Falkor answered questions about whales’ decision-making process about how and where whales feed in the deep sea,while providing invaluable at-sea experience for students.
During the inaugural Schmidt Ocean Institute Symposium in November of 2013, Schmidt Ocean Institute (SOI) Vice President and Co-Founder Wendy Schmidt launched an initiative to inspire a deep passion for ocean sciences among students by bringing them out to conduct research at sea aboard the R/V Falkor. At the time, SOI was already planning its collaborations … Continued
