seemingly playing! Hundreds of photos taken and this is my favorite. Most
of the night was uneventful since we successfully placed a radio tracking
tag the night before. 24 hours of invaluable data – we need to keep
close in case the tag comes off to collect out of the water.
At about 9:40, the tag was retrieved from the water after being in the
water 23 hours, 50 minutes. Not bad for the 24 hour estimate! Today, the
tagging crew was able to place another tag! Great job guys!
Unfortunately, this means that the zooplankton team is out of a job tonight
again! We'll keep the echo-sounders on to map krill aggregations around
the bay as they move about, but other than babysitting the data as it
scrolls across the screen, not much to do!
Before the end of my shift today, the zooplankton group was able to mount
all the nets to the MOCNESS, which is basically a net system to collect
anything larger than 333 micrometers, sampling at specific depths and
closing the net. Our system has 9 nets – 9 different depths to sample
and measure! We may be able to deploy our MOCNESS tomorrow night if the
tagging team doesn't get a tag on the whales, but we'll see!
wow what a beautiful picture Eric! What an inspirational experience huh? Here um let's see what was inspirational today...I ditched a meeting so I could eat lunch and spent the afternoon training Erin how to knock on my office door to tell me when my next meeting is...
ReplyDeleteGlad you and your group arrived safely! Thank you, God! Eric, many thanks to you and to the others for their inspiring and detailed postings. It helps me feel connected even though we are miles apart. Paul sends his greetings, too!
ReplyDeleteWhat an awesome sight!
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