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Underway!
R/V Endeavor left the pier shortly after 1pm today. Underway! We are headed to points south of Block Island to reach water deep enough to deploy our scientific gear. Meanwhile, the teachers and...
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Wire Flyer and CTD
We had a busy first day at sea. Among the highlights was deploying Prof. Chris Roman’s “wire flyer,” an ocean sensing system that is towed by the ship but is designed to quickly slide up and down a...
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Our first full day at sea
Deploying a CTD. A great way to start a day at sea! We’re beginning to get pretty good at rigging CTD’s! The wire flyer went for more test runs today. Will Snyder monitors wire flyer data. Prof. Chris...
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Teacher reflections
Here’s a sampling of some of the impressions our teachers have of the cruise so far. Jess Grant: Looking out 360 degrees into the ocean and seeing nothing but the horizon was incredible. I’ve never...
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Rhode Island Public Radio reporter Ambar Espinoza is aboard R/V Endeavor for the educators at sea cruise. Here’s her first report http://ripr.org/post/ri-educators-take-close-look-ocean-engineering
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Educators learning at sea
Prof Chris Roman briefs the team on upcoming wire flyer testing. Prof David Smith discusses plankton biology prior to taking plankton samples. Nick Terry: We attached a net to the CTD that caught all...
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Microbes from the ocean
Prof David Smith gave a talk about microscopic life in the ocean. Jenn Pietros: Today I got up and we put the CTD in the water. This time it went down to 2000 meters! I still cannot get over how...
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Squishing cups
A time-honored tradition on research cruises everywhere is compressing Styrofoam cups. Styrofoam consists largely of air. As the cups are lowered through the water column (in this case, a bag attached...
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The Crew of the R/V Endeavor
We have been thoroughly impressed by the outstanding professionals who make up the crew of R/V Endeavor. Everyone has been very helpful and patient answering our many questions. It has been our...
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Final Thoughts
Group photo at the bow of R/V Endeavor shortly before arriving back at homeport. From left: Prof Chris Roman, Will Snyder, Lynne Butler, Dave Ullman, Alyssa Wood, Joe Bartoshevich, Jenn Pietros,...
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Pre-sail
R/V Endeavor will sail tomorrow, Friday May 27, for the annual Rhode Island Educators cruise. Destination: a place they call the “Mud Hole.” Follow this blog for cruise updates.
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Underway!
The Rhode Island Teachers at sea research cruise has begun! The R/V Endeavor left the pier at the GSO campus in Narragansett this morning. The first order of business was getting everyone familiar...
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At the Mud Hole
We’ve arrived at our first sampling location – the “mud hole.” Time to deploy the multicorer. Deb communicates with the bridge and operates the A-Frame to deploy the multicorer. The multicorer...
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More mud!
The first samples were very sandy. We were looking for mud! So we repositioned and took more samples. Janet removing samples from the multicorer. Lots of mud this time! A lineup of sediment samples...
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In Deeper Waters
On Saturday we find ourselves in much deeper waters. Yesterday, the ocean depth at our location near Block Island was 57 meters. Today, we have sailed to a point where the ocean is 2,300 meters (over a...
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Sampling Deep Waters and crushing cups
We used the conductivity, temperature, depth sensor (CTD) to sample the deep waters just beyond the continental shelf. The water temperature at the surface was 66 degrees F, but decreased to a chilly...
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