We completed our first two stations without a problem. The Alkor crew knows our gear well, and deployment and retrieval are as smooth as the glassy sea surface right now. We’re collecting water and particles from the CTD/Niskin rosette, underway seawater system, and pumps that filter in situ. We use Bongo nets to collect particles and plankton from depth, a catamaran trawl to sample the sea surface, and a WP3 net to collect a vertically-integrated sample. For sediments, we have a multi-corer, a box corer, and Van Veen bottom grab. We’ll post more details and pictures soon…