The Bering Sea Chronicles
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My latest 5 diary entries
| 28th Jul 2009 | ||||
| Storm in transit | ||||
| As the last few samples from Umnak had been washed, analysed, picked and recorded, thoughts drifted towards synthesis and reporting. We had a 2 day transit to Bowers Ridge, and it was to be full of work culminat... | ||||
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| 26th Jul 2009 | ||||
| First core on deck! | ||||
| On 16th July in the afternoon at about 5pm Zuzia and I were outside chatting as we continued steaming our way to Umnak Plateau. For over 6 days now we had been travelling with the characteristic engine noise and mot... | ||||
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| 17th Jul 2009 | ||||
| Arrival at first site! | ||||
| We are now at the first drill site and I’m waiting to go on shift in an hour and start my fist samples. The weather is still fine and it looks like there are forams in the cores!It took at few days to reach th... | ||||
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| 11th Jul 2009 - 12th Jul 2009 | ||||
| Setting sail for the Aleutian Islands | ||||
| It's been a busy couple of days in the Pacific Ocean, but all has finally settled for the time being. We set sail two days ago early in the morning, and I was woken to the sound of a loud horn and a couple of stra... | ||||
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| 6th Jul 2009 | ||||
| The ship... | ||||
| Well I'm writing this from onboard the Joides Resolution, before heading to bed for an early night. It's about 9:30pm and I've just been out for a couple of beers with some of the very nice scienceists on board.I g... | ||||
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