2th March, 2016 It is one more day of calm waters. As every day the shift of my team began at 8 a.m. after breakfast. Then, we tried to fix the uCTD and we could do it. The routine in these three days are being very busy, we don’t stop, because every time we have […]
Day one of many
And so our first full day at sea came and all sight of land vanished. Our bodies adjusted to the constant motion of the ocean and the protein rich German diet. Our time for procrastinating was gone. It was time to start working! In addition to our thematic personal projects, students were assigned into shifts […]
A MOOC gets a Name
One Planet – One Ocean: From Science to Solutions Whew! Another milestone in our MOOC production – the MOOC films are on their way to Kiel. The suspense is hardly bearable; we will see the final videos for the first time! But I’m getting ahead of the story. My last blog post announced the end […]
R/V METEOR M124 – Pass the CTD, please.
Today (29 February 2016) marks the beginning of scientific cruise M124 on board the legendary German Research Vessel – FS Meteor. Departing from Cape Town, South Africa in the capable hands of Captain Michael Schneider, the Meteor’s 32 crew and 27 scientists (of 10+ nationalities) set out to research the South Atlantic Ocean. The M124 […]