Here are some pictures of the Anping harbor this morning when we went in. Voici quelques photos du port d’Anping, ce matin, lorsque nous sommes arrivés.
Going back to the land
Halfway between our study area and the coast, we are gently going back to the harbor due to the typhon alert in our working area. We thus stopped recording 3D seismic data this morning and started to recover the P-Cable system at 10 o’clock. We firstly brough back the airgun source then, the starboard paravane, […]
Happy birthday Liwen!
Today was Liwen’s birthday and for the occasion we all wrote her good wishes on post-its in our mother tongue (Chinese, Hindi, German and French) and also sang the happy birthday song in all languages. She was happy! As for the birthday cake, her colleagues gave us a M&M’S box that she shared with everyone. […]
What happened the two last days
6 o’clock in the morning. I’m awake now since two hours. The sun is rising and the temperature outside is of 28°C. A good starting day! 6h du matin. Je suis réveillée depuis deux heures. Le soleil est en train de se lever et la température extérieure est de 28°C. Une belle journée en perspective […]
Navigators Wochenbericht: Das kleine Update zum Wochenende
Dienstag. Wer sagt eigentlich, dass Montage immer die schlimmsten Tage der Woche sind? Ich persönlich habe überhaupt nichts gegen Montage, ich empfinde Dienstage hingegen als viel anstrengender. Die ersten Berge von Mails und Anfragen, die übers Wochenende eingetrudelt sind und die im Laufe des Tages abgearbeitet werden müssen, sind abgearbeitet. (Gut, ich gebe es ja […]
Our famous mood barometer – Read the first one by Stefan
(Deutsche Fassung weiter unten) MOOD BAROMETER >> General questions << 1. What is your name Stefan 2. Why do you study the Arctic (1 sentence)? Because it’s a remote place with a unique nature 3. How many colleagues on board RV VIKTOR BUYNITSKIY did you know before this expedition? 10 4. Do you see changes […]
Back from #IMSCC2014
It’s raining. Of course, it is raining. We are back in Hamburg. And the last episode of our trip to Kiel with the airport bus may take as long as the flight from Porto to Brussels, because a traffic jam on the A7 motorway is announced. Good opportunity to start writing about the last three […]
Let’s go to the sea!
We left the harbor today after lunch and continued to set up the equipment. We checked that the flash lights and the releasers of the OBS stations were working properly, and built up the anchors where the OBS will stand; the later ones allowing the OBS to sink and stay on the seafloor. Nous avons […]
First day on the ship
We left Kaohsiung yesterday evening and arrived late in Anping harbor where our ship, the OR5 (Ocean Researcher vessel 5 from the Taiwan Ocean Research Institute, TORI), was waiting for us and welcoming us with firework. Ok, ok , I have to admit that the firework wasn’t for us but for the moon festival that […]
Ausstellungseröffnung in Natal
No news are good news? Noch haben wir keine Neuigkeiten aus Natal, wo die Ausstellung gestern feierlich eröffnet wurde und nun 10 Tage lang auf dem Campus der Universität im Núcleo de Arte e Cultura da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte für alle Interessierten offen steht. Am Wochenende kam aber doch eine gute […]




