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This morning at 0800, Falkor arrived at the entrance to Juan de Fuca Strait on her way offshore. There was a little fog, but everyone was pleased to find relatively calm seas in the 2-meter range. The acoustic Doppler current profiler ran all night during the steam from the Straight of Georgia, through Haro Strait, … Continued
This morning at 0900, after two full days of loading and prep, Falkor slipped the dock and headed north out of Nanaimo into the central Strait of Georgia. Just north of the Departure Bay – Horseshoe Bay ferry route that runs from Nanaimo to toward Vancouver, the ship parked for some critical equipment tests. The … Continued
From August 18th to September 18th, Canadian researchers working aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute’s research vessel Falkor will be studying low-oxygen, acidic waters that form naturally in the deep sea off Vancouver Island. They will be looking at near bottom ecosystems affected by this water and determining the paths it can take as it moves inland … Continued
On July 28th, after making her first passage through the Panama Canal, Schmidt Ocean Institute’s 272-foot research vessel Falkor made its way beneath the Golden Gate Bridge and into San Francisco for the first time. Schmidt Ocean Institute has no formal headquarters, with most efforts focused on Falkor. And with a mission that will keep … Continued
When Nereus is operating in ROV mode during Leg 2, the manipulator mounted on front of the vehicle will be used to collect sulfide and host-rock samples that will be analyzed for mineralogy and chemical composition, providing important data for NASA-JPL investigator Dr. Max Coleman. He will use these samples to constrain the total geologic … Continued
We’re all done. Nereus has been safely recovered in board from the last dive, the last CTD is complete and the cable greased. We’re now headed to Jamaica collecting swath bathymetry along the way until we leave Cayman Islands waters around 8pm Sunday. As Vinnie Jones says at the end of “Lock Stock & 2 … Continued
Saturday June 29th was an epic day. Also among the 4 top traumatic experiences I have ever had at sea with a robot. (All of which have come in the past 8 years!) Our dive started beautifully as we landed near the Hot Chimlets vents and set to work collecting microbes attached to a rock … Continued
Getting close to the end now and not a moment too soon, apparently – because today I completely lost my marbles. Let me explain. Last July, Cindy and I – together with our friend and colleague Dana “Gramps” Yoerger – found ourselves leading an exploration of the US continental margin east of the Carolinas without … Continued
