The new cruise SO235 finally started on 23.07.2014 with a 6 hour delay leaving Port Louis/ Mauritius. All instruments were set up, waiting to be operated. With 24 scientific crew members on-board we feel well equipped for the upcoming tasks. Today, we had ship introductions and work group meetings to get prepared for the upcoming […]
Mit dem heutigen Tag beginnt die 30. Kalenderwoche des Jahres 2014. Mehr noch: diese Woche ist Klimale Woche! Pünktlich dazu hier nun das langersehnte Programm: Programm Montag, 21. Juli, 19 -20:30 UhrSchönberg, Tourist-Service,Käptn’s Gang 1 Klimawandel – auch in der Kieler Bucht?Über den Kenntnisstand zu Auswirkungen des Klimawandels an der Deutschen Ostseeküste referiert […]
RV SONNE arrived in Port Louis. Cruise SO234-2 ended here. But this blog will be continued on cruise S235…
14.07-20.07.2014 (Port Louis / Mauritius) Here is the second and last weekly report from our SPACES (“Science Partnerships for the Assessment of Complex Earth System Processes”) SONNE SO234-2 cruise, a training and exchange trip between students of southern Africa and Germany, funded by the BMBF as part of the OASIS (“Organic very short-lived substances and their air-water exchange from […]
Today was the big day…after an intensive 48 hour station and lots of data workup (and cramming information into their brains), the students finally gave their presentations. They were tasked with interpreting the data from their own station and presenting it in 10 minutes to the entire scientific party. We (the “scientists”) were all eagerly […]
After finishing the 48 h station, we celebrated our successful and hard work with a table tennis tournament, which was challenging because of a high swell of 4 m. As the ball was missing a fixed reference frame, the movements of the ship had to be well anticipated. The swell was a hard competitor, or […]
Vielleicht ist es dem einen oder anderen ja aufgefallen – in der vergangenen Woche hat unser Wochenbericht eine Pause eingelegt. Wir bitten das zu entschuldigen. Die beginnende Urlaubszeit hat voll zugeschlagen. Aber bis Sonntagnacht haben sowieso andere Themen das öffentliche Interesse auf sich gezogen… Und, klar, auch uns hat der Fifa World Cup in Brasilien […]
An average temperature of 15 °C, 82 % humidity, overcast skies, light showers here and there, and a vague rainbow are the conditions of today. But this day is not just any day; it’s the marking of the end of the voyage’s 48 hr station!!!! This CTD was a bit time consuming then usual as […]
German version: See below One week Rio de Janeiro! I had hoped that this week would leave me with many impressions but certainly not so many. I arrived Thursday night, happy to finally get a sniff of the South American air again with a little time the next day to acclimatize and to fully focus […]
The ’40-hr station’ (altered now to 48 hours) is well underway, with students participating in both day and night shifts. Although there are no lectures, there is still much work to do and a lot of coffee to drink. The night brought with it an increase in the swell of the waves, hence the ship […]