{"id":536276,"date":"2025-05-21T15:40:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-21T19:40:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/?p=536276"},"modified":"2025-05-22T15:44:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T19:44:17","slug":"safety-first-drills-aboard-the-r-v-sikuliaq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/safety-first-drills-aboard-the-r-v-sikuliaq\/","title":{"rendered":"Safety First: Drills Aboard the R\/V Sikuliaq"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"174\" data-end=\"466\">Before setting sail from Seward, AK, the Papa 12 cruise team aboard the <em data-start=\"246\" data-end=\"260\">R\/V Sikuliaq<\/em> completed standard pre-departure safety training. These drills are a critical part of every research cruise, ensuring that both the science party and ship crew are prepared for emergency situations at sea.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"468\" data-end=\"683\">The safety procedures included survival suit practice and rescue boat drills\u2014important refreshers even for seasoned mariners. Prioritizing safety from the start helps set the tone for a smooth and successful cruise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_536277\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536277\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-536277 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/IMG_6986-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/IMG_6986-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/IMG_6986-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/IMG_6986-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/IMG_6986-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/IMG_6986-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-536277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L to R: 3rd Mate Liam Murray, Captain John Hamill, Nathan Anderson (NOAA), Amy Larson (UW), and Nico Llanos (WHOI)). (c): Dee Emrich, WHOI<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_536278\" style=\"width: 641px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536278\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-536278 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/img_7029_720-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"631\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/img_7029_720-002.jpg 631w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/img_7029_720-002-263x300.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-536278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crew of the R\/V Sikuliaq exercise the rescue boat. (c): Dee Emrich, WHOI<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_536279\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-536279\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-536279 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/img_7035_720.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/img_7035_720.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/143\/2025\/05\/img_7035_720-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-536279\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The crew of the R\/V Sikuliaq exercise the rescue boat. (c): Dee Emrich, WHOI<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before setting sail from Seward, AK, the Papa 12 cruise team aboard the R\/V Sikuliaq completed standard pre-departure safety training. These drills are a critical part of every research cruise, ensuring that both the science party and ship crew are prepared for emergency situations at sea. The safety procedures included survival suit practice and rescue&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":536277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[317],"tags":[316,320,321],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536276"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":536281,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536276\/revisions\/536281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.whoi.edu\/site\/ooi-expedition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}