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 […]
There is a nervous energy onboard the RV Sonne today, as we approach the “40 hour station”. The idea is that we will place ourselves in a certain location, bring the engines of the Sonne to a stop, and then perform repeated sampling of the same water mass over almost two full days. In this […]
Sunday, 13.07.2014: Bergfest and World Cup Final On Sunday evening half of the SO234-2 cruise was already over. Time has gone by quite fast while we were busy with our station work or lectures. As is the tradition we celebrated the middle of the cruise with a “Bergfest”, the time when you reach the top […]
By Bruno Nogueira Lobo, Team Brazil Hi everyone! It is time to write about our work in Brazil. We arrived in Niterói in April and we started with our pilot studies already soon after this. However, from the beginning on we had various problems. First, like many of this year’s GAME teams, we needed to […]