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Why It Matters
By Darlene Trew Crist As we steam towards the Oregon coast, I thought it might be helpful to share my perspective of all of the…
It’s a Wrap
This morning the Endurance Team recovered the anchor for the Washington Offshore Profiler Mooring from 533 meters below the surface. It was the last piece…
More Unexpected Visitors
This morning as work on the back deck was winding up with the last anchor secured, the Endurance 17 team was greeted by a huge…
A Three Operation Day
Half of the Endurance 17 team was on deck at 6 am to begin operations early for there was a lot to accomplish. Before breakfast,…
Life at Sea
The best way to describe life at sea is it functions as a routine. Wake up. Eat breakfast. Deploy or recover ocean observing equipment. Break…
Snazzy Snap Hooks
One of the challenges of recovering ocean observing equipment is to snag large, heavy equipment in moving water and guide it to the rear of…
An Insider’s View
Trenity Ford, a PhD candidate at Oklahoma State, is onboard the Thompson to collect and redeploy a foraminifera substrate experiment. Foraminifera are single-celled protists that…
Challenging Recovery
Sometimes the ocean takes over and recoveries of ocean observing equipment don’t go quite as planned. That’s what happened today when the Endurance 17 Team…
Recycling Beer Bottles
As it turns out, breweries and scientists have something in common. They both like to recycle beer bottles. As part of daily operations, the Endurance…
Emptying the Deck
Today, Friday September 23, was another day of deployment on the Endurance’s Washington Line. The Endurance Team reported on deck at 645 to begin preparing…
Bioluminescence
Some of my colleagues and I had a very special treat last night. We witnessed an amazing swath of bioluminescence off the stern of the…
Two moorings, two gliders, topped with a CTD
As my mother-in-law would say, today on the R/V Thomas G. Thompson was chock-a-block full. We arrived at the Washington Shelf Site around 11 am…
Unlikely solution
The Coastal Endurance Team applied Desitin ointment, typically used to avoid diaper rashes and other skin ailments, to Glider 917. The ointment is a zinc…
And, We’re Off!
The R/V Thomas G. Thompson left the Newport pier at noon Pacific time today for the 17th recovery and deployment mission of the Coastal Endurance…
Live from the Thompson
Chief Scientist Jonathan Fram appeared live from onboard the R/V Thomas G. Thompson to explain OOI and the Endurance 17 operations. To watch, click here.
