By Henrik Grob and Sjard Stratmann | Finally! After 6 ½ weeks of waiting it was time for marine seismics. The aim of the seismics on board were pre-site investigations for an IODP (International Ocean Discovery Program) proposal . But what if anything is seimics? Seismics enable us to get a ...[Read more]
Archives for April 2016
The People that make it Happen: the Logistics behind our Land Operations
By Alessa J. Geiger & Max Zundel As autumn commences in the southern hemisphere it seems the low-pressure cells are keen to share their full monty with us. This has led to the total cessation of decks and laboratory work with waves of up to 8 meters and winds of up to 10 Beaufort (see ...[Read more]
Biologists Blog Part 2: How we sample our water
By Jasmin Heiden, Florian Koch et al. On March 2nd it was our (the biologists) big sampling day. We sampled seawater from 25 m depth at a site in the Drake Passage. During this cruise we will sample three stations where we pump water on board in order to conduct incubation experiments with the in ...[Read more]