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In full bloom

Home Expedition 17 Daily Updates Day 6: In full bloom Day 6: In full bloom By Michelle Cusolito It’s obvious we’ve traveled north because the sun rises earlier now than it did in Spain. By 7am, the main lab is already filled with bright light that reflects off the waves outside. Co-chief scientist Heidi Sosik…

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Testing, testing

Home Expedition 17 Daily Updates Day 5: Testing, testing Day 5: Testing, testing By Michelle Cusolito Before the ship arrives at its destination in the North Atlantic, the ship’s crew and science team   need to make sure all their custom instruments are functioning as expected. They practice deploying equipment to make sure it works…

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Meet researcher Helena McMonagle

Home Expedition 17 Daily Updates Day 4: Meet researcher Helena McMonagle Day 4: Meet researcher Helena McMonagle By Michelle Cusolito Helena is a graduate student in the School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences at the University of Washington. A former research assistant in Joel Llopiz’s lab at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, she is participating in…

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Bienvenidos a bordo

Home Expedition 17 Daily Updates Day 3: Bienvenidos a bordo Day 3: Bienvenidos a bordo By Marley Parker For many of us Americans on board the Sarmiento de Gamboa, this expedition marks our first experience working on a Spanish research vessel. Important signs on the ship are written in both Spanish and English, but a…

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Labs at sea

Laetitia Drago assembles an Underwater Vision Profiler in the main lab aboard the R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa.

Day 2: Conducting research at sea always requires extensive advance planning. Researchers essentially take their labs from buildings on land and set them up on a ship that rolls with the waves.

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Expedition 17: Daily Updates

The R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa lights up the port while docked in Vigo, Spain.

Expedition 17: Into the Twilight ZoneMissionDaily UpdatesParticipantsTechnologyMail Buoy Expedition 17: Daily Updates By the numbers May 21, 2021 The great migration May 20, 2021 Capturing carbon May 19, 2021 Small but mighty MINIONs May 18, 2021 Three ships are better than one May 17, 2021 Back to Work! Meet researcher John San Soucie May 14,…

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Expedition 17 Mail Buoy

Expedition 17: Into the Twilight ZoneMissionDaily UpdatesParticipantsTechnologyMail Buoy Expedition 17: Mail Buoy The expedition is over. Thank you for all the questions sent to scientists, engineers, and crew members aboard the R/V Sarmiento. Questions and answers below. Thanks for following along! Mail Buoy: May 25 Mail Buoy: May 21 Mail Buoy: May 20 Mail Buoy:…

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The journey so far

The R/V Sarmiento de Gamboa lights up the port while docked in Vigo, Spain.

Day 1: After three years of planning, two weeks of quarantine, four days of mobilization, and countless hours of preparation, we are finally, finally on our way.

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Expedition 17: Cruise Participants

Expedition 17: Into the Twilight ZoneMissionDaily UpdatesParticipantsTechnologyMail Buoy Cruise Participants Lead Investigators Ken Buesseler Chief Scientist Ken Buesseler is marine geochemist at WHOI. He is the lead scientist for the Carbon and Climate theme in the OTZ Project, where his research focuses on how carbon moves through the mesopelagic.  Heidi Sosik Co-Chief Scientist Heidi Sosik…

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Expedition 17: Technology

Expedition 17: Into the Twilight ZoneMissionDaily UpdatesParticipantsTechnologyMail Buoy Expedition 17: Technology MOCNESS Traditional nets that scientists use to collect fish and other ocean life collect everything from the surface where the net enters the water down to the depths and back. If your goal is to understand what animals live at a specific depth, you…

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